Codename: Caffeine – Google reveal next generation of search to public
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
In an interesting move following the announcement of the Yahoo! and Microsoft deal, Google have released a beta version to the public. The new version has a number of improvements including an increase in indexing speed, supposedly more relevant search results & a more comprehensive database. We also hope that they have worked on the freshness of their results.
Here’s what Google wrote:
“For the last several months, a large team of Googlers has been working on a secret project: a next-generation architecture for Google’s web search. 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, so we’re opening up a web developer preview to collect feedback.”
You can test out the beta version here.