The new ranking algorithm update favors recent content (when relevant) to the extent that “up to 35% of queries may be affected”, according to Google. They claim this is to keep pace with a rapidly moving world of information and, moreover, is what searchers want to see. As often is the case when Google is [...]

"I have always thought we needed to index the web every second to allow real time search. At first, my team laughed and did not believe me. With Twitter, now they know they have to do it. Not everybody needs sub-second indexing but people are getting pretty excited about realtime." Larry Page, Google co-founder