Google Reveals: How Search Works

Billions of questions and answers happen on a daily basis in Google but what happens in between? Today Google announced a new resource designed to answer all your questions on how the world’s most popular search engine works.

The Inside Search site includes several interactive educational features that explain in simple terms how each part of this complex system works, which handles over 100 billion searches every month.

You can scroll over the live infographic to uncover clickable charts, graphs and news, as well as links to Google policies, algorithm updates and even a live slideshow which shows you spam results which Google has only just removed from its index.

A must for all those who want to understand more about search or simply to learn more about the fascinating technology behind Google’s results.