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How Google search works

Posted byNiall Kennedy December 21, 2005

Matt Cutts wrote a quick primer explaining Google search to librarians. He walks readers through how Google discovers pages, indexes, and later analyzes a user’s query across a network of analytics servers.

For each search that someone types in, over 500 computers may work together to find the best documents, and it all happens in under half a second.

Posted byNiall KennedyDecember 21, 2005Posted inGoogle

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