Inside Search
The official Google Search blog
Introducing our official search blog
May 18, 2011
(Cross-posted on the
Official Google Blog
)
The thirst for knowledge is as old as humanity. It's only in the past decade that the Internet has made knowledge ubiquitous, and we want to help you find the answers you’re looking for, whether it’s the best price on a new microwave, where to find a great bike ride—or even information about the Internet itself.
Generally, we help you answer questions by refining our algorithms, but today we’re taking a slightly different approach: we’re starting a blog -- this blog -- “Inside Search.” Here you’ll find regular updates on our algorithms and features, as well as stories from the people who work to improve Google every day.
In the past we’ve published information about search on the
Official Google Blog
(more than 400 posts about search and more than 50
weekly wrap-ups
), and webmaster-oriented posts on the
Webmaster Central Blog
(more than 300 posts). We also operate a
help center for search
and another
for webmasters
. That’s not to mention the
search help forums
which have more than 50,000 discussions, and the
webmaster central help forums
with more than 90,000. Combine this with
YouTube channels
and search conferences, and it’s safe to say we talk a lot about search.
Even with all these channels, we still felt we were missing something. We didn’t want to flood the Official Google Blog with smaller stories and announcements, and the
Webmaster Central Blog
is really meant for, well, webmasters. We started our series “
This week in search
” to provide a way to share information about some of the smaller updates we’re making, but we got feedback that people wanted their search news and information as it happens, not just weekly. So, we’re starting Inside Search as a place where you can find regular updates on the intricacies of search and our team. We have more
engineers working on search
than any other product, and each one of us has stories to tell.
A glimpse inside the weekly search "quality launches" meeting, during which we approve the roughly 500 improvements we make to search every year.
On behalf of the team, welcome!
Posted by Amit Singhal, Google Fellow
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