Specialization is for Insects.
Here is the latest white paper from Google explaining the technology behind how their search engine functions.
Here is an excerpt:
“The common gray pigeon can easily distinguish among items displaying only the minutest differences, an ability that enables it to select relevant web sites from among thousands of similar pages.”
A truly fascinating read.
Google Gulp – The Google Thirst Quencher
“At Google our mission is to organize the world’s information and make it useful and accessible to our users. But any piece of information’s usefulness derives, to a depressing degree, from the cognitive ability of the user who’s using it.
That’s why we’re pleased to announce Google Gulp (BETA) with Auto-Drink (LIMITED RELEASE), a line...
Google Moon & Google Mars
Google has added some fascinating footage of the moon to commemorate the anniversary of our Apollo moon landings.
This is interesting from a historical perspective, but even more fascinating is the incredible detail of the moon surface that can be seen when you zoom all the way in. I guess this definitively answers all questions...
Google Directory
Did you know that in addition to Google’s totally automated and unfiltered search site at http://google.com, they also have a human edited site at http://directory.google.com/?
In many ways, this search engine is preferable to the normal search because the sites have been pre-filtered by humans. Give it a spin!
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