# Google introduces first update to core search algo since 2010 - Hummingbird

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-introduces-first-update-to-core-search-algo-since-2010-hummingbird/669792>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 27, 2013, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-introduces-first-update-to-core-search-algo-since-2010-hummingbird/669792 "2013-09-27T12:03:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-introduces-first-update-to-core-search-algo-since-2010-hummingbird/669792/1 "2013-09-27T12:03:14Z")

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This is part of Google’s [15th birthday celebration](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2434791/Google-Hummingbird-algorithm-change-Search-human-answering-long-complex-questions.html?ico=sciencetech%5Eheadlines) so I hope you didn’t forget to get a present.

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> When you search Google it no longer just searches for individual keywords; it can now respond to questions and statements in the same way a human might, by looking at the whole query - even if it doesn’t have an exact answer.
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> For example, asking Google ‘Tell me about impressionist artists’ will show a list of artists but also now let you click to learn about the impressionist movement, browse individual artwork, or switch to abstract artists using filters.
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> Called Hummingbird, the company claims its ‘the most significant algorithm change’ in years. It will affect 90 per cent of searches and the firm began rolling it out to select users a month ago.

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**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-introduces-first-update-to-core-search-algo-since-2010-hummingbird/669792/2 "2013-09-27T13:40:38Z")

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I went to Google this morning to look up something, played the piñata game for a few minutes and COMPLETELY FORGOT why I had gone to Google in the first place. I mean, _nothing_.

_Darn_ you, Google!

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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-introduces-first-update-to-core-search-algo-since-2010-hummingbird/669792/3 "2013-09-27T14:21:38Z")

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> [@a35362](#):
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> I went to Google this morning to look up something, played the piñata game for a few minutes and COMPLETELY FORGOT why I had gone to Google in the first place. I mean, _nothing_.
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> _Darn_ you, Google!

Yeah. Fat chance of me managing to actually google anything today, but I’m up to a high score of 175.