Universal search patent for Google

Google has always been trying to get something different that makes browsing a different experience with their engine. A recent update from their side is the patent the company had obtained on universal search.

As per the new patent, visitors will be able to get search results coming from different categories. This includes various areas such as news, images, ads and web pages, when they type the word for searching. 

There are various advantages of this universal search concept. The most important one is the improved search experience felt by the searchers. They need not have to worry about obtaining results from various categories. 

Before the launch of this patent, users continued to use the default search results, without using the category tab provided by the search engine. This has always limited the chances provided by the company for the users. 

In this new concept, Google maintains different databases for various categories. When a query word comes, the engine searches for relevant information in each of the databases. This will be ranked. This rank is then used for comparison to know the relevance of the information. Finally the data will be shown back to the users. Through such an advanced indexing, users will be able to get details from the most relevant categories, rather than looking for this in the results displayed

5 Responses to “Universal search patent for Google”

1. Web Traffic says:

   November 10, 2008 at 8:34 am

   Cool. This is another revolutionary feature of Google. Internet searching will definitely be easier and improved with Google’s universal concept.
2. Suz says:

   November 10, 2008 at 4:32 pm

   It will be interesting to see how the user interface side of this rolls out. Also, I wonder how PR and SERP rank will be determined if different databases are being maintained for each category. Will it mean that we now need to do SEO work for each category independently?
3. Hosting Review says:

   November 13, 2008 at 5:08 am

   Hmm..I wonder when the universal search is rolled out, will users feel annoyed for that much information at the same time or not. You see, people are always not used to too many choices come in a time. It sounds perfect for research and random surfing though.
4. Corporate Hospitality London says:

   November 14, 2008 at 11:18 am

   This couldnt sound less seo friendly to me. This will blatantly involve having to optimize pages for each category!
5. Search for businesses Locally says:

   November 14, 2008 at 6:54 pm

   Another patent darn, can’t keep up with them.