I cannot recall Google for having done this before but earlier this month, Google invited the public (that’s you and me) to take their next generation of web search for a test drive. For some reason, it has been code named Caffeine.
Google’s engineer, Matt Cutts has invited us all to test it at http://www2.sandbox.google.com. You can test the old Google against the new for yourselves at http://www.comparecaffeine.com. The new architecture is said to include size, indexing, speed, accuracy and ranking changes and Google is asking searchers to give it a try it and report their feedback.
Matt said Google hasn’t made an update of this magnitude since 2006 and that it will make internet search much faster and more accurate than ever before. In other words, it’s a huge change for Google search!
Here’s an excerpt from the official blog post:
“It’s the first step in a process that will let us push the envelope on size, indexing speed, accuracy, comprehensiveness and other dimensions. The new infrastructure sits ‘under the hood’ of Google’s search engine, which means that most users won’t notice a difference in search results. But web developers and power searchers might notice a few differences.”
By the way, I tried the search phrase “search engine” on Caffeine and voila! Bing is listed before Google!!
Watch Matt Cutts on a video interview about the Caffeine update:
So is Caffeine really good for you? Have a sip and let me know…
Tags: google caffeine, microrosoft bing