Google demos new search features

Google showcased some of its new search innovations at its annual gathering of technology, business and social entrepreneurs in London this week.

The web company demonstrated features which it says gives people greater relevancy and options as they search.

Nelson Mattos, vice president of Engineering at Google, showcased the Wonder Wheel, an application which provides links to search keywords in a circular formation.

The new search features can be accessed by clicking on the 'Show options' link, which appears just above the top of the first search result.

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Larry Page, who co-founded the search engine over 10 years ago along with Sergey Brin, told journalists at the Google Zeitgeist conference that Twitter has put the focus on real-time search.

Because of Twitter, Google engineers now need to index the web every second, Page said.

"At first, my team laughed and did not believe me. With Twitter, now they know they have to do it. Not everybody needs sub-second indexing but people are getting pretty excited about real time," he said.

When asked by Web User if Google will be introducing computational innovations similar to Wolfram Alpha, launched this week, Page said Google's philosophy was different and they preferred to give users more than just one answer.