[dylangs1030]

I don't know what to take from this.

That search is very complex (I knew that, but not with this technical detail).

Or...that Google is trying very hard to maintain user interest with gimmicky shows of why it's cool and cutting edge and necessary.

Not that Google isn't those things...this just seems like an unnecessary expenditure of time. We know it's complex Google. Improve some other features and stop shutting others down instead of making these web 2.0 animations.

[bambax]

I too find this completely void of any useful information.

There are many things that are still broken in search; I talk about one specific experience here:

http://urgeous.com/p87t3aaa40g-for-some-queries-all-first-10...

("For some queries, all first 10 results on Google are spam").