Google has begun beta testing its new search engine, Google Caffeine, and so far it has earned a lot of praise.
From Barry Levine, NewsFactor Network:
Google is adding Caffeine to its search engine to compete with Microsoft's Bing, Yahoo and Wolfram Alpha. Although most users won't notice a change, Google said Caffeine sets up the "next-generation architecture" for Google search. The addition of Caffeine doesn't change the ranking of search results, but it could in the future.
Google is putting Caffeine in its search engine, and it could be a wake-up call for businesses to tune up their Web sites. The previously secret project, announced Monday on the company's Webmaster Central Blog, is intended to provide the "next-generation architecture" for Google's Web search, especially as Microsoft 's Bing, a reinvigorated Yahoo, and Wolfram Research's Wolfram Alpha gear up.
On the blog, Software Engineer Sitaram Iyer and Principal Engineer Matt Cutts said Caffeine is "the first step in a process that will let us push the envelope on size, indexing speed, accuracy, comprehensiveness and other dimensions."
