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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#0 | Google Search
Google Search (also known simply as Google or Google.com) is a search engine operated by Google. It allows users to search for information on the Web by entering keywords or phrases. Google Search uses algorithms to analyze and rank websites based on their relevance to the search query. It is the most pop... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#1 | the global search engine market.[3] Approximately 24.84% of Google's monthly global traffic comes from the United States, 5.51% from India, 4.7% from Brazil, 3.78% from the United Kingdom and 5.28% from Japan according to data provided by Similarweb.[4]
The order of search results returned by Google is based, in part, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#2 | mbols to include, exclude, specify or require certain search behavior, and offers specialized interactive experiences, such as flight status and package tracking, weather forecasts, currency, unit, and time conversions, word definitions, and more.
The main purpose of Google Search is to search for text in publicly acce... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#3 | y developed in 1996 by Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Scott Hassan.[5][6][7] The search engine would also be set up in the garage of Susan Wojcicki's Menlo Park home.[8] In 2011, Google introduced "Google Voice Search" to search for spoken, rather than typed, words.[9] In 2012, Google introduced a semantic search feature... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#4 | the frequency of use of search terms on Google can be openly inquired via Google Trends and have been shown to correlate with flu outbreaks and unemployment levels, and provide the information faster than traditional reporting methods and surveys. As of mid-2016, Google's search engine has begun to rely on deep neural ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#5 | vertising.[12][13] The court found that Google maintained its market dominance by paying large amounts to phone-makers and browser-developers to make Google its default search engine.[13] In April 2025, the trial to determine which remedies sought by the Department of Justice would be imposed to address Google’s illega... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#6 | .[14]
Search indexing
Google indexes hundreds of terabytes of information from web pages.[15] Before 2024[16], Google also provided desktop users links to cached versions of their search results, formed by the search engine's latest indexing of the website in question.[17] Additionally, Google indexes some file types, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#7 | plain text files.[18] Users can also activate "SafeSearch", a filtering technology aimed at preventing explicit and pornographic content from appearing in search results.[19]
Despite Google search's immense index, sources generally assume that Google is only indexing less than 5% of the total Internet, with the rest be... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#8 | demote sites that had been accused of piracy.[22] In October 2016, Gary Illyes, a webmaster trends analyst with Google, announced that the search engine would be making a separate, primary web index dedicated for mobile devices, with a secondary, less up-to-date index for desktop use. The change was a response to the c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#9 | cember 2017, Google began rolling out the change, having already done so for multiple websites.[25]
"Caffeine" search architecture upgrade
In August 2009, Google invited web developers to test a new search architecture, codenamed "Caffeine", and give their feedback. The new architecture provided no visual differences i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#10 | terpreted in some quarters as a response to Microsoft's recent release of an upgraded version of its own search service, renamed Bing, as well as the launch of Wolfram Alpha, a new search engine based on "computational knowledge".[26][27] Google announced completion of "Caffeine" on June 8, 2010, claiming 50% fresher r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#11 | and onto Bigtable, the company's distributed database platform.[29][30]
"Medic" search algorithm update
In August 2018, Danny Sullivan from Google announced a broad core algorithm update. As per current analysis done by the industry leaders Search Engine Watch and Search Engine Land, the update was to drop down the med... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#12 | y experts named it "Medic".[31]
Google reserves very high standards for YMYL (Your Money or Your Life) pages. This is because misinformation can affect users financially, physically, or emotionally. Therefore, the update targeted particularly those YMYL pages that have low-quality content and misinformation. This resul... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#13 | tries were also negatively affected.[32]
Search results
Ranking of results
By 2012, it handled more than 3.5 billion searches per day.[33] In 2013 the European Commission found that Google Search favored Google's own products, instead of the best result for consumers' needs.[34] In February 2015 Google announced a majo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#14 | from mobile phones. Google says it wants users to have access to premium quality websites. Those websites which lack a mobile-friendly interface would be ranked lower and it is expected that this update will cause a shake-up of ranks. Businesses who fail to update their websites accordingly could see a dip in their reg... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#15 | es that match a given search string.[36] When Google was a Stanford research project, it was nicknamed BackRub because the technology checks backlinks to determine a site's importance. Other keyword-based methods to rank search results, used by many search engines that were once more popular than Google, would check ho... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#16 | Rank algorithm instead analyzes human-generated links assuming that web pages linked from many important pages are also important. The algorithm computes a recursive score for pages, based on the weighted sum of other pages linking to them. PageRank is thought to correlate well with human concepts of importance. In add... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#17 | is is reported to comprise over 250 different indicators,[37][38] the specifics of which are kept secret to avoid difficulties created by scammers and help Google maintain an edge over its competitors globally.
PageRank was influenced by a similar page-ranking and site-scoring algorithm earlier used for RankDex, develo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#18 | on to create the Chinese search engine Baidu in 2000.[39][40]
In a potential hint of Google's future direction of their Search algorithm, Google's then chief executive Eric Schmidt, said in a 2007 interview with the Financial Times: "The goal is to enable Google users to be able to ask the question such as 'What shall ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#19 | I actually think most people don't want Google to answer their questions, they want Google to tell them what they should be doing next."[42]
Google optimization
Because Google is the most popular search engine, many webmasters attempt to influence their website's Google rankings. An industry of consultants has arisen t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#20 | s to discern patterns in search engine listings, and then develop a methodology for improving rankings to draw more searchers to their clients' sites. Search engine optimization encompasses both "on page" factors (like body copy, title elements, H1 heading elements and image alt attribute values) and Off Page Optimizat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#21 | rds being targeted in various places "on page", in particular the title element and the body copy (note: the higher up in the page, presumably the better its keyword prominence and thus the ranking). Too many occurrences of the keyword, however, cause the page to look suspect to Google's spam checking algorithms. Googl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#22 | s.[43] It has been hypothesized, and, allegedly, is the opinion of the owner of one business about which there have been numerous complaints, that negative publicity, for example, numerous consumer complaints, may serve as well to elevate page rank on Google Search as favorable comments.[44] The particular problem addr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#23 | gle algorithm. According to Google, it was not the frequently published consumer complaints about DecorMyEyes which resulted in the high ranking but mentions on news websites of events which affected the firm such as legal actions against it. Google Search Console helps to check for websites that use duplicate or copyr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#24 | bird". Its name was derived from the speed and accuracy of the hummingbird.[46] The change was announced on September 26, 2013, having already been in use for a month.[47] "Hummingbird" places greater emphasis on natural language queries, considering context and meaning over individual keywords.[46] It also looks deepe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#25 | an just a website's homepage.[48] The upgrade marked the most significant change to Google search in years, with more "human" search interactions[49] and a much heavier focus on conversation and meaning.[46] Thus, web developers and writers were encouraged to optimize their sites with natural writing rather than forced... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#26 | on internal Google documents disclosed as part of the United States v. Google LLC (2020) antitrust case, technology reporters claimed that Google Search was "bloated and overmonetized"[51] and that the "semantic matching" of search queries put advertising profits before quality.[52] Wired withdrew Megan Gray's piece af... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#27 | y was to increase commercial queries"».[53]
In March 2024, Google announced a significant update to its core search algorithm and spam targeting, which is expected to wipe out 40 percent of all spam results.[54] On March 20th, it was confirmed that the roll out of the spam update was complete.[55]
Shopping search
On Se... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#28 | d favoritism to its shopping search, and could not avoid paying €2.4 billion.[56] The EU Court of Justice referred to Google's treatment of rival shopping searches as "discriminatory" and in violation of the Digital Markets Act.[56]
Interface
Page layout
At the top of the search page, the approximate result count and t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#29 | r each result appears. Along with web search results, sections with images, news, and videos may appear.[57] The length of the previewed text snipped was experimented with in 2015 and 2017.[58][59]
Universal search
"Universal search" was launched by Google on May 16, 2007, as an idea that merged the results from differ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#30 | niversal search, however, incorporates a wide variety of sources, including websites, news, pictures, maps, blogs, videos, and more, all shown on the same search results page.[60][61] Marissa Mayer, then-vice president of search products and user experience, described the goal of Universal search as "we're attempting t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#31 | ailable into one simple set of search results.[62]
In June 2017, Google expanded its search results to cover available job listings. The data is aggregated from various major job boards and collected by analyzing company homepages. Initially only available in English, the feature aims to simplify finding jobs suitable ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#32 | rch result pages with "Rich snippets". Such snippets include additional details about results, such as displaying reviews for restaurants and social media accounts for individuals.[65]
In May 2016, Google expanded on the "Rich snippets" format to offer "Rich cards", which, similarly to snippets, display more informatio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#33 | vie and recipe websites in the United States only, the feature expanded to all countries globally in 2017.[67]
Knowledge Graph
The Knowledge Graph is a knowledge base used by Google to enhance its search engine's results with information gathered from a variety of sources.[68] This information is presented to users in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#34 | the United States, with international expansion by the end of the year.[70] The information covered by the Knowledge Graph grew significantly after launch, tripling its original size within seven months,[71] and being able to answer "roughly one-third" of the 100 billion monthly searches Google processed in May 2016.[7... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#35 | been criticized for providing answers without source attribution.[72]
Google Knowledge Panel
A Google Knowledge Panel[75] is a feature integrated into Google search engine result pages, designed to present a structured overview of entities such as individuals, organizations, locations, or objects directly within the se... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#36 | tion about entities, enhancing the retrieval and presentation of relevant content to users.
The content within a Knowledge Panel[77] is derived from various sources, including Wikipedia and other structured databases, ensuring that the information displayed is both accurate and contextually relevant. For instance, quer... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#37 | date, and links to social media profiles or official websites.
The primary objective of the Google Knowledge Panel is to provide users with immediate, factual answers, reducing the need for extensive navigation across multiple web pages.
Personal tab
In May 2017, Google enabled a new "Personal" tab in Google Search, le... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#38 | gle Photos.[78][79]
Google Discover
Google Discover, previously known as Google Feed, is a personalized stream of articles, videos, and other news-related content. The feed contains a "mix of cards" which show topics of interest based on users' interactions with Google, or topics they choose to follow directly.[80] Car... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#39 | u're most likely to be interested in at that particular moment."[80] Users can also tell Google they're not interested in certain topics to avoid seeing future updates.
Google Discover launched in December 2016[81] and received a major update in July 2017.[82] Another major update was released in September 2018, which ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#40 | tab in the Google app and by swiping left on the home screen of certain Android devices. As of 2019, Google will not allow political campaigns worldwide to target their advertisement to people to make them vote.[84]
AI Overviews
At the 2023 Google I/O event in May, Google unveiled Search Generative Experience (SGE), an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#41 | rompts.[85] This was part of Google's wider efforts to counter the unprecedented rise of generative AI technology, ushered by OpenAI's launch of ChatGPT, which sent Google executives to a panic due to its potential threat to Google Search.[86] Google added the ability to generate images in October.[87] At I/O in 2024, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#42 | The feature faced public criticism in the first weeks of its rollout after errors from the tool went viral online. These included results suggesting users add glue to pizza or eat rocks,[89] or incorrectly claiming Barack Obama is Muslim.[90] Google described these viral errors as "isolated examples", maintaining that ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#43 | and scaled back the feature, pausing its use for some health-related queries and limiting its reliance on social media posts.[92] Scientific American has criticised the system on environmental grounds, as such a search uses 30 times more energy than a conventional one.[93] It has also been criticized for condensing inf... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#44 | 2024, Danielle Coffey, CEO of the News/Media Alliance was quoted as saying "This will be catastrophic to our traffic, as marketed by Google to further satisfy user queries, leaving even less incentive to click through so that we can monetize our content."[94]
In August 2024, AI Overviews were rolled out in the UK, Indi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#45 | ore countries, including Australia and New Zealand.[96]
AI Mode
In March 2025, Google introduced an experimental "AI Mode" within its Search platform, enabling users to input complex, multi-part queries and receive comprehensive, AI-generated responses. This feature leverages Google's advanced Gemini 2.0 model, which e... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#46 | is available to Google One AI Premium subscribers in the United States, who can access it through the Search Labs platform. This phased rollout allows Google to gather user feedback and refine the feature before a broader release.
The introduction of AI Mode reflects Google's ongoing efforts to integrate advanced AI te... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#47 | ate June 2011, Google introduced a new look to the Google homepage in order to boost the use of the Google+ social tools.[99]
One of the major changes was replacing the classic navigation bar with a black one. Google's digital creative director Chris Wiggins explains: "We're working on a project to bring you a new and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#48 | navigation bar has been negatively received by a vocal minority.[101]
In November 2013, Google started testing yellow labels for advertisements displayed in search results, to improve user experience. The new labels, highlighted in yellow color, and aligned to the left of each sponsored link help users differentiate be... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#49 | modular mobile user interface. The mobile design consists of a tabular design that highlights search features in boxes. and works by imitating the desktop Knowledge Graph real estate, which appears in the right-hand rail of the search engine result page, these featured elements frequently feature Twitter carousels, Peo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#50 | inal features of the Google SERP that were primarily showcased in this manner, but this new layout creates a previously unseen level of design consistency for Google results.[103]
Smartphone apps
Google offers a "Google Search" mobile app for Android and iOS devices.[104] The mobile apps exclusively feature Google Disc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#51 | map locations into groups.[105] Android devices were introduced to a preview of the feed, perceived as related to Google Now, in December 2016,[106] while it was made official on both Android and iOS in July 2017.[107][108]
In April 2016, Google updated its Search app on Android to feature "Trends"; search queries gain... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#52 | lash, due to encouraging search queries unrelated to users' interests or intentions, prompting the company to issue an update with an opt-out option.[110] In September 2017, the Google Search app on iOS was updated to feature the same functionality.[111]
In December 2017, Google released "Google Go", an app designed to... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#53 | g "India-first" products and features explains that it is "tailor-made for the millions of people in [India and Indonesia] coming online for the first time".[112]
Performing a search
Google Search consists of a series of localized websites. The largest of those, the google.com site, is the top most-visited website in t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#54 | you got on your search, links to other searches (e.g. for words that Google believes to be misspelled, it provides a link to the search results using its proposed spelling), the ability to filter results to a date range,[114] and many more.
Search syntax
Google search accepts queries as normal text, as well as individu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#55 | ectable alternative), and provides the same results regardless of capitalization.[115] For more customized results, one can use a wide variety of operators, including, but not limited to:[116][117]
OR
or|
– Search for webpages containing one of two similar queries, such as marathon OR raceAND
– Search for webpages cont... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#56 | where word "tree" is not used""
– Force inclusion of a word or a phrase, such as "tallest building"*
– Placeholder symbol allowing for any substitute words in the context of the query, such as "largest * in the world"..
– Search within a range of numbers, such as "camera $50..$100"site:
– Search within a specific websi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#57 | ck price of investments, such as "stocks:googl"related:
– Find web pages related to specific URL addresses, such as "related:www.wikipedia.org"cache:
– Highlights the search-words within the cached pages, so that "cache:www.google.com xxx" shows cached content with word "xxx" highlighted.( )
– Group operators and searc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#58 | or before a specific date, such as spacex before:2020-08-11after:
– Search for after a specific date, such as iphone after:2007-06-29@
– Search for a specific word on social media networks, such as "@twitter"
Google also offers a Google Advanced Search page with a web interface to access the advanced features without n... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#59 | akes words that are on the same line into account.
Query expansion
Google applies query expansion to submitted search queries, using techniques to deliver results that it considers "smarter" than the query users actually submitted. This technique involves several steps, including:[119]
- Word stemming – Certain words c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#60 | s – Searching for abbreviations can also return results about the name in its full length, so that "NATO" can show results for "North Atlantic Treaty Organization"
- Misspellings – Google will often suggest correct spellings for misspelled words
- Synonyms – In most cases where a word is incorrectly used in a phrase or... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#61 | suggest results for specific words in a different language
- Ignoring words – In some search queries containing extraneous or insignificant words, Google search will simply drop those specific words from the query
- Location sensitivity – Google may consider users' geographical location to deliver more relevant results... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#62 | with the approximate result count previewed for each listed search suggestion.[120]
"I'm Feeling Lucky"
Google's homepage includes a button labeled "I'm Feeling Lucky". This feature originally allowed users to type in their search query, click the button and be taken directly to the first result, bypassing the search r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#63 | Google Instant, an automatic feature that immediately displays relevant results as users are typing in their query, the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button disappears, requiring that users opt-out of Instant results through search settings to keep using the "I'm Feeling Lucky" functionality.[122] In 2012, "I'm Feeling Lucky" wa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#64 | n emotion ("I'm Feeling Puzzled" or "I'm Feeling Trendy", for instance), and, when clicked, takes users to a Google service related to that emotion.[123]
Tom Chavez of "Rapt", a firm helping to determine a website's advertising worth, estimated in 2007 that Google lost $110 million in revenue per year due to use of the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#65 | xt-based search-engine function of Google search, it also offers multiple quick, interactive features. These include, but are not limited to:[125][126][127]
- Calculator
- Time zone, currency, and unit conversions
- Word translations
- Flight status
- Local film showings
- Weather forecasts
- Population and unemploymen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#66 | show up sideways)
"OK Google" conversational search
During Google's developer conference, Google I/O, in May 2013, the company announced that users on Google Chrome and ChromeOS would be able to have the browser initiate an audio-based search by saying "OK Google", with no button presses required. After having the answ... |
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