Started in Aug last year, Caffeine came into full production On June 8th
Caffeine provides 50 percent fresher results for web searches than our last index, and it's the largest collection of web content we've offered. Whether it's a news story, a blog or a forum post, you can now find links to relevant content much sooner after it is published than was possible ever before.
Our old index had several layers, some of which were refreshed at a faster rate than others; the main layer would update every couple of weeks. To refresh a layer of the old index, we would analyze the entire web, which meant there was a significant delay between when we found a page and made it available to you.
With Caffeine, we analyze the web in small portions and update our search index on a continuous basis, globally. As we find new pages, or new information on existing pages, we can add these straight to the index. That means you can find fresher information than ever before—no matter when or where it was published.
More information on Caffeine on the Google Blog.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html
With MayDay and Caffeine, in concert there are some major changes to the indexing and rating of sites.
I will let you all know what I have found.
best,
Reg
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