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OK, I'll be "that guy". What exactly has changed? Perhaps I'm merely trying the wrong types of queries or have a spotty memory or am just plain unobservant, bu

by mlinsey 17y ago

OK, I'll be "that guy". What exactly has changed? Perhaps I'm merely trying the wrong types of queries or have a spotty memory or am just plain unobservant, but I don't notice any difference. I don't doubt that Google has minor improvements all the time and that that therefore there is, in a matter of speaking, a "new" google search every week or so, but I'm not noticing anything newsworthy. Is this some sort of ironic joke that I've ruined by taking literally?

sachinag 17y ago
I see a lot more grouped results by domain and at least one very heterogeneous result from the domain. Example: http://www2.sandbox.google.com/#hl=en&q=dawdle http://www2.sandbox.google.com/#hl=en&q=dawdle However, this does makes it clear that Google sees http://www.dawdle.com http://www.dawdle.com and http://www.dawdle.com/index.php http://www.dawdle.com/index.php as different pages, so apparently I have some SEO tweaking to do. I'd encourage all startups that rely on SEO to test their best keywords here to get a different feel for how Google "sees" your site.
- ZachPruckowski 17y ago
  Second result: 209.161.37.11/dictionary/dawdle That looks like a bug to me - it's http://www.merriam-webster.com http://www.merriam-webster.com, which, in addition to not being a sketchy IP address, is also a nice brand in terms of dictionaries.
algorias 17y ago
Seconded. Some commentary would be appreciated.
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- sahaj 17y ago
  i see those buttons on both main and the "new" version.
sahaj 17y ago
i'm seeing more total search results.
pbz 17y ago
No ads.
- kluikens 17y ago
  Maybe because it's a sandbox project, and not production yet?
vyrotek 17y ago
"Just as Facebook announces internal search for public notes, Google counters with an effort to improve on its existing services. In today's blog post, the company unveiled its new Caffeine search infrastructure to web developers." http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/caffeine_google_tests_new_search_infrastructure.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/caffeine_google_tests_n...
GeneralMaximus 17y ago
The auto-suggest seems to be coming up with longer phrases. In the past, I've only seen 3 or 4 word phrases, but the new one appears to recognize longer sentences, too. Of course, this might just be me, trying to find something new when there clearly isn't. In that case, feel free to ignore me :p Try typing "what's so great about" in the box. Mildly amusing :)
- yread 17y ago
  Doesn't work for me. Besides "old" and "new" google show the same things...
fhars 17y ago
The main difference I can spot is that the regular site returns a web page with a search box with a 200 result code, while this version just returns a 404. So this may in fact may have been a joke that has benn pulled in the interim.
- Poiesis 17y ago
  I got a 404 because I was visiting from Mobile Safari, which redirected me to the /m mobile site which apparently doesn't exist in the sandbox beta.
andreyf 17y ago
Past searches are on top of the auto-complete recommendations.
yread 17y ago
To me it seems that they improved a bit collapsing same domains. However they still have a lot of work to do - try searching for basically anything and you will still see domains which were on the first page repeated on 3rd or 4th. Annoying. Another difference is the size of the indexed web: Sandbox version: Results 1 - 10 of about 25 120 000 000 for www. (0.22 seconds) Regular version: Results 1 - 10 of about 22 830 000 000 for www. (0.25 seconds) Overall that's not much to write home about

by mlinsey 17y ago

sachinag 17y ago

I see a lot more grouped results by domain and at least one very heterogeneous result from the domain. Example: http://www2.sandbox.google.com/#hl=en&q=dawdle http://www2.sandbox.google.com/#hl=en&q=dawdle However, this does makes it clear that Google sees http://www.dawdle.com http://www.dawdle.com and http://www.dawdle.com/index.php http://www.dawdle.com/index.php as different pages, so apparently I have some SEO tweaking to do. I'd encourage all startups that rely on SEO to test their best keywords here to get a different feel for how Google "sees" your site.

ZachPruckowski 17y ago
Second result: 209.161.37.11/dictionary/dawdle That looks like a bug to me - it's http://www.merriam-webster.com http://www.merriam-webster.com, which, in addition to not being a sketchy IP address, is also a nice brand in terms of dictionaries.

algorias 17y ago

Seconded. Some commentary would be appreciated.

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sahaj 17y ago
i see those buttons on both main and the "new" version.

sahaj 17y ago

i'm seeing more total search results.

pbz 17y ago

No ads.

kluikens 17y ago
Maybe because it's a sandbox project, and not production yet?

vyrotek 17y ago

"Just as Facebook announces internal search for public notes, Google counters with an effort to improve on its existing services. In today's blog post, the company unveiled its new Caffeine search infrastructure to web developers." http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/caffeine_google_tests_new_search_infrastructure.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/caffeine_google_tests_n...

GeneralMaximus 17y ago

The auto-suggest seems to be coming up with longer phrases. In the past, I've only seen 3 or 4 word phrases, but the new one appears to recognize longer sentences, too. Of course, this might just be me, trying to find something new when there clearly isn't. In that case, feel free to ignore me :p Try typing "what's so great about" in the box. Mildly amusing :)

yread 17y ago
Doesn't work for me. Besides "old" and "new" google show the same things...

fhars 17y ago

The main difference I can spot is that the regular site returns a web page with a search box with a 200 result code, while this version just returns a 404. So this may in fact may have been a joke that has benn pulled in the interim.

Poiesis 17y ago
I got a 404 because I was visiting from Mobile Safari, which redirected me to the /m mobile site which apparently doesn't exist in the sandbox beta.

andreyf 17y ago

Past searches are on top of the auto-complete recommendations.

yread 17y ago

To me it seems that they improved a bit collapsing same domains. However they still have a lot of work to do - try searching for basically anything and you will still see domains which were on the first page repeated on 3rd or 4th. Annoying. Another difference is the size of the indexed web: Sandbox version: Results 1 - 10 of about 25 120 000 000 for www. (0.22 seconds) Regular version: Results 1 - 10 of about 22 830 000 000 for www. (0.25 seconds) Overall that's not much to write home about