Meaning of parameters in a Google query?

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blinry picture blinry · Mar 8, 2010 · Viewed 17.6k times · Source

Are there any ressources on what the parameters in a Google query mean? Any analysis how the Google search pages work internally?

Examples would be

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=lol&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&fp=45675624562456

or

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=11&ved=KJSGHFKSDJF&url=sfdgagasdgasdgasgasg&rct=j&q=fghthwrteghedgf&ei=asdfasdfsa&usg=asdfasdfasf

Answer

Piskvor left the building picture Piskvor left the building · Mar 8, 2010
  • q=searchstring is the search string
  • source=something is where the search originated (www.google.com webpage, Google Toolbar, Quick Search of various browsers)
  • ie=utf8 input encoding
  • oe=utf8 output encoding
  • rls=en ?interface language?

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