Google, Under the Hood
Its name may have been adopted into the popular lexicon as a synonym for “search,” but with wolves like Bing and Yahoo at the door, even Google has to stay on its toes. Steven Levy of Wired.com gives readers an intriguing glimpse into the inner workings of Google’s pursuit of “the holy grail of search… to understand what the user wants. Then you are not matching words; you are actually trying to match meaning.”
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