Google has released the January 2012 search update that contains a few very interesting parts.
- Panda In The Pipelines: Google mentioned an improved integration between Panda the Google indexing and ranking systems
- Fresher Search Results: Some “minor updates” to the November freshness algorithm update
- Date Detection: improved how Google detects the date of a web page or web document
- Autocomplete: This update is in two parts: 1. Google is now faster at delivering interpretive search queries 2. spelling corrections are now “more consistent with those used in search”
- Search using misspelled words: Google improved how it displays and finds results for misspelled words
- News queries: Makes news results “more responsive to realtime trends” in search