Any developer who can give us a deep insight on how google has been able to pull this off? Database lookups of millions of records for millions of users in real time is no easy feat.
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 7:38 PM, sanga collins <[email protected]>wrote: > LOL@ Tim ... you know the MO on the LUgs list. folks come here to argue. I > too have been going back and forth with users on other mailling lists i am > on discussing the hows and whys of googles new search code. SOme are > comparing it to the matrix! others are happily describing how it helps them > find porn! and all manner of new and better uses for a trully impressive > step in search technology. > > > On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Tim Schofield <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Well I suspect you are looking at it as a user rather than a developer >> then. >> >> The reason that Google considered it worthy of a new product launch is >> that the underlying technology is completely different. To auto >> complete a text box with some standard entries is complex, but really >> for an accomplished programmer not that hard. To auto return search >> results in real time as the user enters text, wow thats hard, believe >> me. Think about the complexities involved in doing that, and not just >> doing it for me, but simultaneously doing it for millions of queries. >> >> You know guys, I saw an interesting piece of technology, just been >> unveiled, and decided to share it amongst the different LUG mailing >> lists I subscribe to. Everyone was really impressed by it, and it led >> to interesting discussions as to how they were doing it. All except >> this one, where people either sneered and said they had seen it a long >> time ago, or they tried to pick a fight. What gives? >> >> Tim >> >> >> On 9 September 2010 17:24, sanga collins <[email protected]> wrote: >> > ya its autocompletely fabulous. >> > >> > but seriously its autocomplete, but while autocompleting the search >> results >> > dsiplayed change as you add more characters >> > >> > On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Tim Schofield <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> No it isnt, its much more than auto completion. >> >> >> >> According to this: >> >> >> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/09/google_instant_analysis/ >> >> >> >> google unveiled it at its San Francisco headquarters on the morning of >> >> 8/9/2010 PDT. Its great if they released it in Uganda before the USA, >> >> but I suspect not. >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> Tim >> >> >> >> >> >> On 9 September 2010 17:06, sanga collins <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > Ii is auto completetion on steriods. The same feature we've had for a >> >> > while >> >> > juiced up to return more relevant results faster. >> >> > >> >> > On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Tim Schofield <[email protected] >> > >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> On 9 September 2010 16:54, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> > >> >> >> > On 9 September 2010 14:26, McTim <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Tim Schofield < >> [email protected]> >> >> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Has everybody seen this? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I've been seeing it for awhile now, thot it was just >> >> >> >> auto-completion. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Yeah it's been around for a while. >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> Really? In the UK where I am at the moment its only just been >> >> >> released. You sure your not thinking about the auto-completion, >> thats >> >> >> been around for awhile? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> WebERP Africa Ltd >> >> >> +447710427049 >> >> >> +256752963327 >> >> >> +255784602561 >> >> >> www.weberpafrica.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> LUG mailing list >> >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> >> >> >> >> >> LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> >> >> >> >> All Archives can be found at >> >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> >> >> >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them >> (including >> >> >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in >> any >> >> >> way. >> >> >> --------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > Sanga M. 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