After 15 years, Google's head of search, Amit Singhal, is leaving the company

After 15 years, Google's head of search, Amit Singhal, is leaving the company

Google Search as know it is losing its chief architect - Google’s Senior Vice President of Search, Amit Singhal.

He was the guy who rewrote the algorithm originally created by Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin that decided what Google would return in response to searches.

Singhal also oversaw Google’s second major rewrite of its search algorithm - Hummingbird, which happened just over two years ago.

And, according to SearchEngineLand's +Danny Sullivan (http://tgcafe.it/1nOdKhZ), Hummingbird is the bridge between the Google algo of the past and the next big chapter in Google search: machine learning.

This is a very important bit.

Who's stepping in to take Amit's place?

Machine learning head John Giannandrea.

And Danny Sullivan writes:

"With Giannandrea taking over, there are many who will take that as a sign that the machine learning revolution for search is now the future. It’s both a shift in leadership and a shift in where the leaders have come from, in terms of tackling the search challenge."

Amit Singhal's last day will be February 26, 2016, and his next venture will be philanthropy.

Here's what he said in his G+ (http://tgcafe.it/20HqHYA):

"As I entered the fifteenth year of working at Google, I've been asking myself the question, "what would you want to do for the next fifteen?" The answer has overwhelmingly been: give back to others. It has always been a priority for me to give back to people who are less fortunate, and make time for my family amidst competing work constraints--but on both fronts, I simply want to give and do more."

.....

"I love Google. It is a company that believes in doing the right thing, a company that believes in doing good in the world, a company… that cares. I look back at my time here with a profound sense of gratitude that I was a part of building this. Now, with pride, gratitude, and joy in my heart, I need to define my next fifteen years."

Story sources: MarketingLand.com http://tgcafe.it/1nOdKhZ,
Google's (I assume!) +Matt Cutts http://tgcafe.it/23JEqRk.

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