The fact that they process they're ranking data as the pages are entered into the database and not upon search I think is key. I hadn't considered that when my curious mind was pondering how they do it.
> On 20030128.1608, Grigsby, Garl said ... > > Google is run off of a 10,000 node linux cluster. Don't know about the > database, but I would guess they are using a proprietary database. As > for how the search works, see the links below. > > G > > http://www.google.com/technology/index.html > http://www.google.com/press/highlights.html > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Hudson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 12:49 PM > To: EUGLUG > Subject: [Eug-lug]Google - 3,083,324,652 surfed > > > Just noticed the number on the bottom of the google page: > Searching 3,083,324,652 web pages. > > I'm curious about the algorythm that can churn through all that data and > look for the specific keyword I entered and return a meaningful result > in such a quick time. > > Anyone know what kind of tricks they use? I've heard they use Linux. > Do they use any known databases? > > -Rob > _______________________________________________ > Eug-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > _______________________________________________ > Eug-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
