Google has a giant target on its back. Microsoft has been on a spending and deal-making spree to grow Bing, recently signing a huge search deal with Yahoo. And with Bing starting to steal some market share from Google, it’s proving to be a formidable opponent. Oh, and now you can’t count out Facebook either, which just launched a new realtime search engine.
Google’s not taking any of this lying down. Secretly, they’ve been working on a new project: the next generation of Google Search. This isn’t just some minor upgrade, but an entire new infrastructure for the world’s largest search engine. In other words: it’s a new version of Google.
The project’s still under construction, but Google’s now confident enough in the new version of its search engine that it has released the development version for public consumption. While you won’t see too many differences immediately, let us assure you: it’s a completely upgraded Google search.
Google specifically states that its goal for the new version of Google Search is to improve its indexing speed, accuracy, size, and comprehensiveness. Here’s what they wrote:
“For the last several months, a large team of Googlers has been working on a secret project: a next-generation architecture for Google’s web search. It’s the first step in a process that will let us push the envelope on size, indexing speed, accuracy, comprehensiveness and other dimensions. The new infrastructure sits “under the hood” of Google’s search engine, which means that most users won’t notice a difference in search results. But web developers and power searchers might notice a few differences, so we’re opening up a web developer preview to collect feedback.”
Trying Out the New Search
We just tried out the the new version of Google, and we will say this: the results are different. Let’s compare, using the keyword “Mashable” as a reference point.
First, the current version of Google:
And the new version of Google Search:
Conclusion: This search is not only faster, but in some instances in our few tests, seems more capable of producing real-time results. It’s still way too early to make any definitive conclusions about this new search, but we will test it out thoroughly and give you a full report soon. In the meantime, try it out for yourself and tell us what you think.
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哇:谷歌将推出新版搜索引擎
谷歌是行内的一个巨大对手。为了抗衡这个对手，微软已经开始花大量经费、承接大量业务来发展Bing，而且近期它与雅虎签署了一份重大的搜索合作合同。随着Bing开始抢占谷歌的一些市场分额 ，这逐渐说明它即将成为谷歌的强大对手。哦，现在你也不能不把Facebook算进来，它刚刚推出一款新的即时搜索引擎。
面对对手的这些招式，谷歌并没有采取任何措施，而是秘密地开发一个新项目：新一代谷歌搜索。这并不是细微的升级，而是世界最大搜索引擎的一个采用全新架构的版本。换句话说，它是谷歌的一个新版本。
虽然这个项目仍在建设之中，但是现在谷歌对这个新版本信心十足，它已经推出了开发版供用户测试。即使你现在还看不到太多的变化，但我们敢保证：它确实是个彻底升级版的谷歌搜索。
谷歌特别指出，新版谷歌搜索引擎的目标是完善索引速度、准确性、规模和全面性。下面是他们写的内容：
“过去数个月中，一支庞大的谷歌团队开始进行秘密计划：下一代谷歌搜索架构。计划的第一步是对搜索的索引规模、速度、准确性，全面性和其他方面进行改进，这对我们来说至关重要。新架构位于Google搜索引擎的“后端”，因此多数用户可能不会注意到搜索结果中的变化。但是网络开发者和资深搜索用户可能会发现少许不同，因此我们向网络开发者推出测试版，以收集反馈意见。”
新版本的试用
我们试过了这个新版本，我们要说的是：结果是不同的。让我们做个比较吧，以关键词“Mashable”为列。
首先，谷歌的当前版本：
然后，使用新版本：
结论：这次搜索不仅速度快，而且测试中的一些例子也说明它的搜索结果更实时。现在要对新版本下一个确切的结论还为时过早，但我们会彻底地对它进行测试，尽快给你们一个完整的测试报告。同时，也欢迎你们亲自对它进行测试，然后把你们的想法告诉给我们。