Google Reveals Major Update to Search Algorithm

One day before celebrating the company's 15th birthday, Google went back to the place where it all started — literally

Inside the garage that housed Larry Page and Sergey Brin when the world's largest search company was created, Google on Thursday announced a handful of new updates to the company's search offering, including a major update to Google's search algorithm that the company calls "Hummingbird." The new algorithm affects 90% of all searches, and has been in place for about a month, said Amit Singhal, senior VP at Google

Hummingbird is the company's most significant algorithm change since Google switched to "Caffeine" back in 2010 Read more...