Google's 'dramatic' search overhaul: How it affects you

The world's dominant search engine is going to try to actually answer your questions, not just serve you pages upon pages of blue links

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Google powers two-thirds of the world's internet searches, so when it announces big changes, people pay attention. And according to The Wall Street Journal, Google is giving its "tried-and-true web-search formula" a makeover that's "among the biggest in the company's history." Instead of just spitting back a page of keyword-driven blue links, Google is aiming for something closer to artificial intelligence, trying to understand what web searchers are asking for and providing actual answers. When the changes kick in, Google's Amit Singhal tells The Journal, the experience will be more like "how humans understand the world." Here, a look at the "dramatic" overhaul Google has planned:

What exactly is Google changing?

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