Google's Matt Cutts explains how search works in layman's terms

Being a technical writer, I'm a sucker for simple explanations. It's really not easy to make a video explaining the inner workings of Google search in just over three minutes, but Matt Cutts managed to do it quite nicely.

I'm sure he wasn't alone -- I would love to have the production and animation budget these guys have. However, budget is one thing, and a proper and clear explanation is something else entirely. In this case, they got both right. You can watch the result after the fold -- and show it to your grandparents, too.

I found the video along with two others for AdWords and Google Apps (not as good, IMHO) over at the Google Operating System blog.

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