Life of a Google Query
Basic Google Algorithm
Here I have made a graphical way to understand you what exactly Google do when a user search a quarry. The life of a Google query normally lasts less than half a second, In this time number of different steps are involves that must be completed before results can be delivered to a user seeking information.
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3. The search results are returned to the user in a fraction of a second. |
1. The web server sends the query to the index servers. The content inside the index servers is similar to the index in the back of a book – it tells which pages contain the words that match the query. | ||
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2.The query travels to the doc servers, which actually retrieve the stored documents. Snippets are generated to describe each search result. | ![]() |
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