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I ran across the following Quick Takes item in the August 17, 2009 print edition of InformationWeek:

Google's new Caffeine search platform is drawing raves from testers who say it yields more results with better accuracy than its existing search page. One reviewer says Caffeine also better tracks social networking sites, including posts to Twitter. Caffeine is part of Google's effort to maintain a lead over Microsoft, which recently launched a number of new search initiatives.

Kelly Fiveash writing at The Register on August 11, 2009 stated:

Google has lifted the lid on the next-generation web search architecture it?s been quietly working on for the past few months.

Mountain View is opening up a web preview of the new search functionality and design it has been building, that carries the moniker ?Caffeine?.

It said the new code would help the company ?push the envelope on size, indexing speed, accuracy, comprehensiveness and other dimensions.?

The firm said pleb users wouldn?t notice anything different as the new infrastructure sits ?under the hood? of Google?s search engine.

But, to address the curiosity of web developers and, er, ?power searchers?, the company has spun out a preview of the yet to be completed system, in order to grab feedback before going fully live with Caffeine.

Don?t expect anything new about the UI, however. This preview is all about testing the search engine?s new underbelly.

I am interested in hearing from those readers that have tried Caffeine (in your Google searches, not your coffee!) on whether they are seeing improvements in their search.  Please post a comment here.