Google on the Next 20-Years of Search

[engine]

Google is talking about the shifts in search from traditional aspects to what it sees as the new way to find information.

This next chapter is driven by three fundamental shifts in how we think about Search:

The shift from answers to journeys: To help you resume tasks where you left off and learn new interests and hobbies, we’re bringing new features to Search that help you with ongoing information needs.

The shift from queries to providing a queryless way to get to information: We can surface relevant information related to your interests, even when you don’t have a specific query in mind.

And the shift from text to a more visual way of finding information: We’re bringing more visual content to Search and completely redesigning Google Images to help you find information more easily.

It really is worth reading this if you are going to want your site and services to feature.

One other thing for those that want to know about the number of tests it makes.

Every change to Search is evaluated by experimentation and by raters using these guidelines. Last year alone, we ran more than 200,000 experiments that resulted in 2,400+ changes to search.

[blog.google...]

[iamlost]

@Leosghost: if I had done as you and NickMNS and simply used the boiling frogs analogy... However in the named context I used it he was quite correct to point out my mistake. While not critical the change (thanks engine!) properly maintains comment flow. I was not attributing the quote to NickMNS rather citing his use of the quote. Given the linear structure of WebmasterWorld threads it seems a practical method.

Thus I checked his concern, agreed, apologised, corrected, and move on.

Back to keeping an eye on Sauron, Palpatine et al and planning how best to hack walled virtualities without actually joining any side - I don't do group.

Individualists Unite!

Oxy#*$!morons.

The whole world has gone bonkers except thee and me... and I'm not all that sure about thee...

[Leosghost]

Agreed..( "en bloc", despite the fact that "I don't do group" either ;) ) but..curiosity devours me ( especially after I discovered inadvertently that the forums censor illu min ati when written without the breaks ) what was "Oxy#*$!morons. " Before the local cgi did for it ? ;)