Google's legendary search algorithm is carefully examined by Wired writer Steven Levy, who reveals that it will be updated about 550 times this year -- or once every 16 hours all year round.

A search algorithm is a massive collection of other algorithms, each with its own purpose and task. Here's how it all works.

Researchers at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China have developed a novel quantum algorithm that extends Grover's quadratic speedup to continuous search problems ...

Google rarely talks about its search algorithm. However, the tech giant has unveiled changes that it says will surface more accurate responses to hundreds of millions of queries a day.

There were six confirmed algorithm updates (three less than last year). But Google's March core update was Google's biggest update ever.

Google has released a new algorithm to provide a more useful, relevant and accurate local search results that are tied more closely to traditional web ...

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