Anyone who relies on Google Search on a daily basis (and who doesn’t), would have become quite adept at using shorter and keyword-based phrases in order to generate accurate search results. Now, Google has updated its search capabilities to understand longer and more complex questions and phrases.Google Search can now understand and provide responses for a variety of complex questions. There are the superlatives (such that you can get answers to question like ‘who is the tallest player at Liverpool football club?’), time-based questions and even more complex questions which combine the two.
From what we experienced, the new Google Search is a bit of a hit and miss. It successfully told us that goalkeeper Adam Bogdan is the ‘tallest player at Liverpool football club’, and that George W. Bush was the ‘US president when Saddam Hussein was killed’. However, it could not really give an instant answer to ‘what was the Indian population when Narendra Modi was born’ or ‘who was the British Prime Minister when Liverpool FC won the Champions League in 2005’.
Google admits in the post that the system is still not perfect, “We’re still growing and learning, which means we make mistakes. But the next time you’re curious about something, ask the Google app, and know that we’re working hard on understanding your questions better so that we can find the answer to whatever you’re looking for,” writes Salgar. The algorithm will be updated over time to add more queries, which would also pick up from user queries to understand the sort of questions that are popular.
This latest update for search comes after the introduction of Knowledge Graph in 2012, which provided additional information on individual brands, countries and public figures along with the search results.
The new Google Search features are available on the web, and also on the free-to- download and use Google app for Google’s Android devices as well as Apple’s iOS based iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch.
too nice
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