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>> " Google does 3500m or so daily searches" It's difficult to define what constitutes a "search" these days. Since google release autocomplete search in 2004
by tiffanyh 10y ago
>> " Google does 3500m or so daily searches"
It's difficult to define what constitutes a "search" these days. Since google release autocomplete search in 2004 [1], each letter you type into the search bar results in a search query.
So simply searching for "superbowl 2017" would result in 14 searches because there are 14 characters. So, do you count that as 1 search or 14?
[1] http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/08/how-googles-autocomplete-was-created-invented-born/278991/ http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/08/how-go...
- Tepix 10y agoGood point. However when you switch to a different search engine in your browser, you'll likely still have incremental search for the new search provider.
- puzzle 10y agoNo, search as you type only happened with Instant Search, which launched in September 2010. From 2004 on, you still needed to press Enter to perform an actual search. Even now, you can inspect JS traffic and see that usually there aren't 14 searches when you enter [superbowl 2017]. Internal metrics reflect a lot of that nuance and more. Source: I own a Google Instant shirt because I was in one of the teams involved in months of testing and in the launch.