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"As I said yesterday in our Panda pipelines post, Google announced 17 search quality changes they made in the month of January.  Here is the full list that they announced:Fresher results. [launch codename \u201Cnftc\u201D] We made several adjustments to the freshness algorithm that we released in November. These are minor updates to make sure we continue to give you the freshest, most relevant results.\r\nFaster autocomplete. [launch codename \u201CSnappy Suggest\u201D, project codename \u201CSuggest\u201D] We made improvements to our autocomplete system to deliver your predicted queries much faster.\r\nAutocomplete spelling corrections. [launch codename \u201CTrivial\u201D, project codename \u201CSuggest\u201D] This is an improvement to the spelling corrections used in autocomplete, making those corrections more consistent with the spelling corrections used in search. This launch targets corrections where the spelling change is very small.\r\nBetter spelling full-page replacement. [launch codenames \u201COooni\u201D, \u201Csgap\u201D, project codename \u201CFull-Page Replacement\u201D] When we\u2019re confident in a spelling correction we automatically show results for the corrected query and let you know we\u2019re \u201CShowing results for [cheetah]\u201D (rather than, say, \u201Ccheettah\u201D). We made a couple of changes to improve the accuracy of this feature.\r\nBetter spelling corrections for rare queries. This change improves one of the models that we use to make spelling corrections. The result is more accurate spell corrections for a number of rare queries.\r\nImprove detection of recurrent event pages. [launch codename \u201Cneseda\u201D] We made several improvements to how we determine the date of a document. As a result, you\u2019ll see fresher, more timely results, particularly for pages discussing recurring events.\r\nHigh-quality sites algorithm improvements. [launch codenames \u201CPPtl\u201D and \u201CStitch\u201D, project codename \u201CPanda\u201D] In 2011, we launched the Panda algorithm change, targeted at finding more high-quality sites. We improved how Panda interacts with our indexing and ranking systems, making it more integrated into our pipelines. We also released a minor update to refresh the data for Panda.\r\nCross-language refinements. [launch codename Xiangfan] Previously, we only generated related searches based on the display language. With this change, we also attempt to auto-detect the language of the original query to generate related search queries. Now, a user typing a query in French might see French query refinements, even if her language is set to English.\r\nEnglish on Google Saudi Arabia. Users in Saudi Arabia can now more easily choose an English interface to search on google.com.sa.\r\nImproved scrolling for Image Search. Previously when you scrolled in Image Search, only the image results would move while the top and side menus were pinned in place. We changed the scrolling behavior to make it consistent with our main search results and the other search modes, where scrolling moves the entire page.\r\nImproved image search quality. [launch codename \u201Cendearo\u201D, project codename \u201CImage Search\u201D] This is a small improvement to our image search ranking algorithm. In particular, this change helps images with high-quality landing pages rank higher in our image search results.\r\nMore relevant related searches. Sometimes at the bottom of the screen you\u2019ll see a section called \u201CSearches related to\u201D with other queries you may want to try. With this change, we\u2019ve updated the model for generating related searches, resulting in more useful query refinements.\r\nBlending of news results. [launch codename \u201Cfinal-destination\u201D, project codename \u201CUniversal Search\u201D] We improved our algorithm that decides which queries should show news results, making it more responsive to realtime trends. We also made an adjustment to how we blend news results in Universal Search. Both of these changes help news articles appear in your search results when they are relevant.\r\nAutomatically disable Google Instant based on computer speed. [project codename \u201CPsychic Search\u201D] Google Instant has long had the ability to automatically turn itself off if you\u2019re on a slow internet connection. Now Instant can also turn itself off if your computer is slow. If Instant gets automatically disabled, we continue to check your computer speed and will re-enable Instant if your performance improves. We\u2019ve also tweaked search preferences so you can always have Instant on or off, or have it change automatically.\r\n\r\nA WebmasterWorld thread is chewing up all of these to learn more.  But most of them are not so much about rankings as they are about search results tweaks - which can indirectly impact rankings.In any event, feel free to discuss.Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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