SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION: 8 Things You Need to Know About Hummingbird, Google’s Latest Search Algorithm Update

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8 Things You Need to Know About Hummingbird, Google’s Latest Search Algorithm Update

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8 Things You Need to Know About Hummingbird, Google's Latest Search Algorithm Update

2013-10-02 14:30:27-04

The largest search engine in the world is updating, the company announced on Thursday at a special event in the garage where Google was born. Google tied the news to its 15th birthday and announced a new search algorithm, "Hummingbird." It's named Hummingbird due to it being fast and precise, according to Google. Google began using the new algorithm a month ago.

What's a "search algorithm?"It's an Internet technology term for the system Google uses to sort the billions of web pages and other information it has when a browser searches for something. The search algorithm returns the search result with what it believes are the best matches.

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