Google Now Allows More Than 10 Words Per Query

[werty]

This is pretty cool, and I did not see anyone post this yet:

I know that we are not supposed to post links to search results but check it out:13 words in the query [google.com]

This will be great for some types of research.

[vitaplease]

nice one Werty,

that can come in handy once in a while.

also helpfull for checking duplicate content..

[steveb]

I got up to 21 words before giving up.

[vitaplease]

32

is the limit some blogs are mentioning..

[mykel79]

Yup:

"widget" (and any subsequent words) was ignored because we limit queries to 32 words.

[Powdork]

One interesting use is described in this thread [webmasterworld.com]. Msg 37

[Chndru]

wow. that is neat. i wonder why they have allowed this now? probably some huge technological advance?

[Brett_Tabke]

This was the single biggest reason I would often use another search engine.

[olias]

This was the single biggest reason I would often use another search engine.

It was the biggest reason that I resisted switching from Altavista for so long in the early days of Google.

Funnily enough though I'd just spotted this myself after i pasted a huge query into G and wasn't abused about it being too long.

[Teknorat]

This is simply awesome. Is this based on added hardware or a change in the algorithm that gets the results?

[sandor]

i didn't even realize there was ever a limit

[ownerrim]

correct me i am wrong. does this mean that...for pages with very specific titles (such as answers to questions for those of us who do info sites), the advantage now shifts to such pages.

In other words, would this mean that the relevancy relationship between the query and the page's on-page content is heightened and, consequently, pages that have previously won due only to page rank (one relevant word on page, but very high PR) are now less likely to trump?

[limitup]

Yeah I don't get it, I've been doing this with Google for quite some time. We find content thieves by typing in an entire unique sentance or two from our site in quotes.

[markus007]

This was the single biggest reason I would often use another search engine.

Any idea on what percentage of the searching public do more then 8 keywords?

[econman]

"Any idea on what percentage of the searching public do more then 8 keywords?"

Miniscule.

I've seen published research showing that the percentage of searches using more than 3 or 4 keywords is very small, so the number of very long searches is obviously tiny.

Still, this will be very useful for webmasters, academics and school teachers -- anyone trying to research quotation of specific passages, potential plagarism, etc.

[Powdork]

Is this based on added hardware or a change in the algorithm that gets the results?

Pardon my ignorance, but is this the type of thing that could be enabled by a switch to 64-bit architecture?

[Chndru]

32 words limit sounds like some hardware limitation? 32bit, 2^5 etc..

[Slone]

Yeah I don't get it, I've been doing this with Google for quite some time. We find content thieves by typing in an entire unique sentance or two from our site in quotes.

Perhaps I am missing something also - I have dumped paragraphs to check for content thieves as well for other analysis for well over a year.

I agree though... The percentage of long search strings is miniscule. I only get long search strings from AskJeeves.

[Powdork]

It always allowed the searches. At the top there was small note that the results were based on the first ten words. The note was similar to the one that says

The "AND" operator is unnecessary -- we include all search terms by default. [details]

I have no idea when the change was made.

[sun818]

This is what I got when I typed in blah 32 times:

"blah" (and any subsequent words) was ignored because we limit queries to 32 words.

[webnewton]

Perfecting its art!

[Slone]

Powdork ~ Thanks for bringing the obvious to my attention. Lack of sleep perhaps?

[ddogg]

Am I the only one who doesn't care in the least?

[Powdork]

Am I the only one who doesn't care in the least?

No, but you are the only one to not care enough to tell us.

[caine]

Can see the benefits for academics and research, but not really for buyers!

[BReflection]

This brings to light just how dynamic Google's index is. Example:

"Oshoma * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Beta" [google.com]

[ThomasB]

cool, will make a lot of stuff easier when doing "automatic research" :)

[Rosalind]

This is good news for content providers who need to check for plagiarism. I think that's the only circumstance where the 10-word limit affected me personally. It should also be good for people trying to look up a long quote, but there can't be too many of them either.

[Rosalind]

Edited: posted to wrong thread!

[mikeD]

what are the bets yahoo will soon release this