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Google Search
Google Search is a search engine operated by Google. It allows users to search for information on the Web by entering keywords or phrases. Google Search uses algorithms to analyze and rank websites based on their relevance to the search query. Google Search is the most-visited website in the world. As of 2025, Google Search has a 90% share of the global search engine market. Approximately 24.1% of Google's monthly global traffic comes from the United States, 5.6% from India, 5.5% from Japan, 4.8% from Brazil, and 3.7% from the United Kingdom according to data provided by Similarweb. The same source reports that 58% of users are male and 42% are female.
Google Books
search engine for books by Google
Google News
news aggregator and app developed by Google
PageRank
thumb|upright=1.35|An animation of the PageRank algorithm running on a small network of pages. The size of the nodes represents the perceived importance of the page, and arrows represent hyperlinks. thumb|upright=1.35|A simple illustration of the Pagerank algorithm. The percentage shows the perceived importance, and the arrows represent hyperlinks. PageRank (PR) is an algorithm used by Google Search to rank web pages in their search engine results. It is named after both the term "web page" and co-founder Larry Page. PageRank is a way of measuring the importance of website pages. According to
Google Images
image search engine by Google LLC
Google Trends
public outlet of Google that shows how often a particular search-term is entered relative to the total search-volume
Google Knowledge Graph
knowledge base used by Google to enhance its search engine's results
Google Shopping
Internet marketplace operated by Google
Freebase
online knowledge base (2007–2016)
Google hacking
hacker technique
elgooG
elgooG is the word Google spelled backwards. It has been used in the URL of an unofficial joke mirror site of Google Search, which allowed users from Mainland China to bypass the Great Firewall.
Googlebot
Googlebot is the web crawler software used by Google that collects documents from the web to build a searchable index for the Google Search engine. This name is actually used to refer to two different types of web crawlers: a desktop crawler (to simulate desktop users) and a mobile crawler (to simulate a mobile user).
Google Panda
update of Google's search results ranking algorithm
Google Patents
search engine from Google indexing patents and patent applications
Google Voice Search
product that allows speech input to Google Search
Google Penguin
Google search engine algorithm update
Google Programmable Search Engine
platform for creating custom search engines based on Google Search
Google Blog Search
blog search engine
RankBrain
RankBrain is a machine learning-based search engine algorithm, the use of which was confirmed by Google on 26 October 2015. It helps Google to process search results and provide more relevant search results for users. In a 2015 interview, Google commented that RankBrain was the third most important factor in the ranking algorithm, after links and content, out of about 200 ranking factors whose exact functions are not fully disclosed. , "RankBrain was used for less than 15% of queries". The results show that RankBrain guesses what the other parts of the Google search algorithm will pick as the
SafeSearch
thumb|The filter for SafeSearch on Google.
Sandbox effect
proposed effect affecting search engine rankings
Google Search Appliance
rack-mounted device
Q48817537
GIF search engine
Google Hummingbird
search engine algorithm used by Google
Dragonfly
prototype Internet search engine to comply with Chinese censorship requirements
Google News Archive
archive
AI Overviews
Google Search feature
Googlefight
thumb|right|Original version of Googlefight showing comparison for Keep vs Delete Googlefight was a website that output a comparison of the number of search results returned by Google for two queries, presented as the result of a fight. It was a project of Abondance, the company of Olivier Andrieu.
AI Mode
feature of Google Search
Google Insights for Search
service by Google