It’s the name of the new search algorithm that Google is using, one that Google says should return better results Google told us the name come from being “precise and fast.”
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It’s the name of the new search algorithm that Google is using, one that Google says should return better results Google told us the name come from being “precise and fast.”
Now what you think about this discuss
Google announced a brand new algorithm for its search engine, called Hummingbird.
Although Google has not given away many details, it said that Hummingbird is focused on ranking information based on a more intelligent understanding of search requests.
It is not a new algorithm and it is an old algorithm of Google Rewritten to speed up the searchQuote:
Originally Posted by Dianka
Hummingbird algorithm, the system it uses to sort through all the information it has when you search and come back with answers. It’s called “Hummingbird”. It’s the name of the search algorithm that Google is using, one that Google says should return better results.
How can I discover if I’ve been hit by Hummingbird?
While local business owners may have experienced some temporary problems with spammy one-boxes decreasing their local search engine visibility, it’s unlikely that most websites experienced negative impacts from this update.
If your website experienced a drop in traffic or rankings that you believe may have been tied to Hummingbird, definitely take a look at a complete list of Google updates. It may well turn out that the agent of change for your website was another update, such as Panda or Penguin.
The "Hummingbird" update was the first major update to Google's search algorithm since the 2010 "Caffeine" search architecture upgrade, but even that was limited primarily to improving the indexing of information rather than sorting through information.
Google Hummingbird Estimated Release Date: August 20, 2013
Unlike the previous Panda and Penguin updates which were initially released as add-ons to Google’s existing algorithm, Hummingbird has been cited as a complete overhaul of the core algorithm. While it’s believed that many preexisting components of the core algorithm remained intact, Hummingbird signaled Google’s commitment to an increasingly sophisticated understanding of the intent of searchers’ queries with the goal of matching them to more relevant results.
What Is Google Hummingbird?
“Hummingbird” is the name of the new search platform that Google is using as of September 2013, the name comes from being “precise and fast” and is designed to better focus on the meaning behind the words. Read our Google Hummingbird FAQ here.
Hummingbird is paying more attention to each word in a query, ensuring that the whole query — the whole sentence or conversation or meaning — is taken into account, rather than particular words. The goal is that pages matching the meaning do better, rather than pages matching just a few words.
Google Hummingbird is designed to apply the meaning technology to billions of pages from across the web, in addition to Knowledge Graph facts, which may bring back better results.