You can't say that Google
The world's leading search engine has completed a new indexing platform that it claims will produce "50 percent fresher results" for web searches than before.
If this sounds like the kind of claim that you would find on a label as you stroll down the grocery store aisle, please don't squeeze the Google.
We live in times measured by tweets, so Big G is making sure that it delivers content as quick as possible after it's initially published. The new -- and presumably improved -- Google will be updating its global index in small chunks on a continuous basis. It will improve the updating efficiency of its previous layered approach.
So why is Google pushing for this now when its present platform is good enough to power the majority of this country's searches?
The new indexing system goes by the codename Caffeine, and maybe Microsoft's
After all, we really don't know what AOL
If Microsoft made itself relevant again -- and there may no bigger endorsement than Apple's
In theory, Google will want this to be a seamless transition. It likely hopes that users don't even realize that they're getting fresher results. However, deep down inside, Google wants to let everyone know that it's always on the move.
It has to be. Standing still is the easiest way to get caught from behind.
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