search-engine-history on S Anand

Google PageRank is 5 times faster

Wed, 21 May 2003 12:00:00 +0000

Google is fiddling around with algorithms to make PageRank 5 times faster. Wonder why they want to do it. The article mentions something about personalised search engines, but I don’t quite get it.

The Oracle picked the right answer despite a mis-spelling

Sat, 28 Sep 2002 12:00:00 +0000

Remember the Oracle of Google? Looks like it’s a lot more versatile than I thought. I asked it who coined the word “robot”. And the Oracle picked the right answer despite a mis-spelling!. (The answer is Karl Capek)

Google voice search

Wed, 04 Jul 2001 12:00:00 +0000

Google just goes on. They’re working on voice search now.