How Search Works – From Algorithms to Answers

Posted on Monday, March 4th, 2013 by

How Search Works is Google’s visual presentation of the most kept secret on the internet and the machine that made Google the tycoon it is – The Google search engine.

How Does Search Work?

While all of us are searching dozens of keywords on a daily basis, and use the word ‘google‘ as verb, we don’t have a clue about the reason why the results we get are the ones we get. If you stop and think for a moment, you realize that for every term you search there must be tons of results on the endlessly vast internet and the virtual cyber world. So how does the Google machine know what is worth my time? This site explains the fundamentals of the search engine mechanism and allows us a glimpse at the way Google decides who is relevant enough for you and who will probably go bankrupted…

Explaining ‘Search’ for the Average Joe

How Search Works is a simple presentation, using friendly infographics and quick paced cute animation they actually manage to make this boring subject interesting. Is is a part of the Google Inside Search sub-domain that is aimed to help you better understand and better use the Google search. The main idea behind it is to make you feel that there is someone you can trust behind this monstrous machine and not just a cold algorithm. Check How Search Works out and better understand the reasons for your results while you are googling






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