Google、ワイルドカード検索のアルゴリズムを改善

米Google リサーチサイエンティストHiyan Alshawi氏がGoogle Blogの中で、ワイルドカード検索のアルゴリズムを改善したことを明らかにした。

※ ワイルドカード検索 : * （アステリスク）を使った検索のこと。例Glasgow is the * capital of Europe

There is so much text on the web that this method often works well, but to make it more effective, we've improved the way results are found in response to queries containing such blanks. This includes allowing softer pattern matching, if necessary, and promoting results in which the blank filler is relatively more frequent in the context of the query. [Fill in the blanks, Google Blog, 8/09/2005 03:17:00 PM]