Google Rolls Out Google Instant
September 8th, 2010
Google.com has begun rolling out Google Instant. This new feature not only performs a Autocomplete/Search as your type but actually performs a search based on what you have begun typing. In preliminary testing, users can save 2-5 second per search.
The feature is described in detail at http://www.google.com/instant/ It’s a significant overhaul from the current search infrastructure requiring additional capacity from Google infrastructure to support the additional queries.
Key features:
- Dynamic Results – In addition to autocomplete/search as you type searches are performed and returned while you type.
- Predictions – the autocomplete attempts to predict and display your full query.
- Scroll to Search – You can scroll through predictions instantly with an arrow down.
Zeta byte
In case you didn’t know what a zeta byte is: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_gigabytes_are_in_a_zeta_byte
Availability
Google instant is available on Chrome, Firefox, Safari and IE 8 (we are not sure about Opera) in France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain and the UK.
