Search Concepts

Earlier this year, Google released a web developer preview of its latest state of the art web-search configuration, Caffeine, to obtain user feedback. Once deemed Google’s “secret project,” the scheme is now out in the open. The technology, designed to build on the existing site listing network to provide more relevant search results, has since been received with overwhelming positivism. Due to the affirmative response, developers have decided to move on to the next phase of development: making Caffeine live.

The slow but steady advancement in the search tool will add to Google’s hard-hitting dominance over online searches. The initial trial run has noted important differences between the running search version and the one under development. Results are now more reliable, significant, and turn in less spam.

In August of 2009, to allow their target audience to get a feel for their new search innovation, Google directed users to a preview of the prototype. The positive comments on the work-in-progress have encouraged developers to go live with the new service from one data core. Soon enough, Google users will be able to use Caffeine in addition to Google Live services.

However, due to the added stress brought on by the holidays, the company has decided to postpone the launch of Caffeine until after Christmas. The later date will give restless webmasters and site owners a little leeway to get into what is sure to be the next big thing in web-search. The timing is perfect!

Matt Cutts (Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO) of MattCutts.com wrote, “Caffeine will go live at one data center so that we can continue to collect data and improve the technology, but I don’t expect Caffeine to go live at additional data centers until after the holidays are over.”