Google (2024)

FAQs

How does Google get all its answers? ›

We use a huge set of computers to crawl billions of pages on the web. The program that does the fetching is called Googlebot (also known as a crawler, robot, bot, or spider). Googlebot uses an algorithmic process to determine which sites to crawl, how often, and how many pages to fetch from each site.

Say "Hey Google" or press the button to talk to your Google Assistant. Then say a command.

Kindly use account recovery from previous logged in location/ip address and used device for your Gmail/Google account as Google will also check it in the backend. Try to clear your browser cache or use a different browser from the same location and used device as well.

Yes, you read that right- Google is not always right. As hard as you may find it to believe, the results Google pops out from your search can be a perception or a vision of a particular content generator. Therefore, the answers you get from Google don't have to be always from experts or authentic sources.

Almost everything you encounter on the web — every website, every article, every infobox — has been designed in ways that makes them easy for Google to understand. In many cases, the internet has become more parseable by search engines than it is by humans.

Simple: as stated, Google isn't a search company anymore, they're a tracking company. All of these data points allow Google to build a pretty robust profile about you. In some ways, by keeping such close tabs on everything you do, they, at least in some ways, may know you better than you know yourself.

If your browser settings are not configured to save cookies, then you may be prompted to login or accept policies every time you perform a search. To resolve this issue, you can check your browser settings and make sure that cookies are enabled.

To protect your account, we limit the number of times you can attempt password recovery via email, SMS, or Account Recovery form. Google temporarily disables a particular account recovery option after too many incorrect attempts. The recovery option will be re-enabled on the date indicated below that recovery option.

When you search on Google, they collect all the following data: Personal information: Your name, phone number, gender, date of birth. Your email addresses.

Can we trust Google answers? ›

Google is not responsible for all these answers. To confirm the accuracy of an answer, you can refer to 2-3 references to validate the solution. FYI, Google Search is merely a tool that provides vast answers from various sources, so solutions may vary from time to time. Google is not responsible for all these answers.

So while Google has a strong security and privacy infrastructure overall, the company has experienced some data exposure incidents over time. The breaches were relatively limited compared to the billions of users Google serves.

To give you the most useful information, Search algorithms look at many factors and signals, including the words of your query, relevance and usability of pages, expertise of sources, and your location and settings. The weight applied to each factor varies depending on the nature of your query.

Google search results are algorithmically generated, not written by others. The algorithms used to generate the search results are not secret, but they are proprietary. However, Google does have a group of employees known as the "search quality team" who work to improve the quality of search results.

Google doesn't have a team actively answering questions; instead, it relies on its search algorithms to provide the most relevant and reliable information available on the web.

When you search, Google tries to find the most helpful and reliable information available. However, sometimes our systems can't find much information that seems reliable and matches the words in a search.