Search quality highlights: 39 changes for May
we’re beginning to include some especially useful predictions as “Related searches” on the results page.
Not useful at all
Improvements to ranking for news results [good]
Improvements to Penguin [about effing time]
Smoother ranking functions for freshness [not yet up to the mark]
Better detection of searches looking for fresh content [not yet up to the mark]
Updates to +Pages in right-hand panel. [useless imho]
Simpler logic for serving results from diverse domains [good]