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Google may have been busy with its massive I/O developer conference last week, but that doesn't mean that the company is sitting still. A number of new features have been rolled out for its search engine, notably a new way of searching for images. Some other tweaks have been introduced and Google is running some...

16 May 2011
05:25 GMT

Better Recipe Suggestions, Google Instant in Japan and Prayer Time Rich Snippets

Google added a number of small tweaks and features to its search engine this week, like it's usually the case. Users of the specialized Recipes search will notice that search suggestions are now relevant to this particular type of search and not general queries. Speaking of specialized searches, Google is testin...

30 April 2011
08:01 GMT

Google Forced to Filter Autocomplete Results in Italy

Italy and Google had already shown that they simply cannot be on friendly terms. Another confirmation recently came when an Italian court decided to order the Mountain View company to censor certain Google Instant results, although the defendants argued that the suggestions were computer-generated.This case came to ...

5 April 2011
16:16 GMT

Instant Search in Google Shopping and Hotpot in Search

The week has been dominated by the squabble with Bing, but Google engineers haven't stopped working. Google Instant is now available for Shopping search as well, enabling users to find the products they are looking for a lot faster. Hotpot, Google's local social recommendations service, has been integrated ...

6 February 2011
14:11 GMT

Google Instant Preferred by 98 Percent of Users

When Google Instant launched, it was quite a bit departure from the classic search interface. Results would start loading as soon as you type, new sets coming in as you refine your query. There were obvious advantages to the approach, but like any big change, there were bound to be people who didn't like it. No ...

4 February 2011
05:54 GMT

Google Head of Search Denies Any Brand Bias in Instant

With Google's dominance of the search space, criticism and scrutiny come with the territory and rightfully so. One of the biggest complaints, one that is picking up steam though has been around for years is Google's 'subjectivity.'Amit Singhal, one of the top people at Google, had to defend the se...

14 December 2010
10:30 GMT

Firefox 4 Gets Instant Previews Courtesy of Mozilla Labs' Prospector

Mozilla Labs has launched an interesting Firefox extension that brings the concept of Google Instant, or more specifically, the new Chrome Instant, to Firefox 4. Dubbed Instant Preview, the new Labs experiment enables Firefox to load web pages as soon as you start typing, based on Awesome Bar suggestions."With Instan...

9 December 2010
04:43 GMT

Yahoo Takes on Google Instant with Rich Search Assist

Yahoo has started testing a new search feature that surfaces answers and results as you type based on search suggestions. The feature is not called "Yahoo Instant" even though there are several big similarities between Google Instant and the new "Rich Search Assist." "Here at Yahoo!, we know that sometimes search is ...

18 November 2010
06:27 GMT

Google Introduces Visual 'Instant Previews' for Search Results

Google is getting ready to roll out a feature which will add image previews of web pages to the search results. The new feature, dubbed Instant Previews, should make it easier for users to see if the particular website is what they're looking for without actually visiting the site. "Instant Previews provides a g...

9 November 2010
09:40 GMT

Chrome 9 to Get 'Wicked Fast' Page Loads with Prerendering

Ever since it was introduced, the Chrome Labs section has been a treasure trove of new features and interesting experiments and the Google team continues to add new technologies and test ideas with it. The latest experiments to land, only in Chromium for now, are Verbatim Instant and Web Page Prerendering, both aimed...

5 November 2010
12:12 GMT

Google Instant on Mobile Devices and in Chrome 8

When Google unveiled Instant on its homepage, it promised that the technology would find its way to other Google products and to other platforms. Sure enough, Google has now released Google Instant for mobile phones, right on the heels of the quiet integration of Instant features into the Google Chrome 8 beta."In Sep...

5 November 2010
07:11 GMT

Google Instant Hits Android and iPhone

Mountain Veiw-based Internet giant Google has made a new feature available for mobile phone users, namely Google Instant. The solution was already available for desktop users, and can now be enjoyed on Android and iPhone devices too, making search a little faster through displaying search results as users type.Back ...

5 November 2010
03:24 GMT

Initial Studies Show Google Instant Driving Up Revenue and Ad Impressions

When Google Instant came out, one of the concerns was how it will impact advertisers. Some were worried that, because the search results page changed so fast and because people would do less searches, advertisers would suffer. It turns out that, at least according to a rather limited report, that is not the case and ...

26 October 2010
12:32 GMT

Google Instant to Hit Mobile Phones This Fall

Mountain View-based Internet giant Google announced not too long ago the introduction of a new feature to its search engine, namely Google Instant, which offers a faster way to access search results. Currently available only on desktop computers, the solution should become available for mobile phones too before the ...

16 October 2010
04:24 GMT

Google Is Testing Full Page Previews in Results

Google is currently testing full page previews, a very interesting addition to its search page that slots in nicely with Google Instant. Hovering the mouse over any of the results will load a pop-up preview of the website in the link, offering you a immediate way of checking out if the site is what you're lookin...

6 October 2010
10:26 GMT

Google Instant Adds Keyboard Navigation, Now Available in More Places

Google Instant, the radical new user interface Google introduced earlier this month, is already seeing some updates, as expected. The feature now works with the some of the search verticals in the left sidebar and is also available in more countries. "Our aim with Google Instant is to make search faster and easier, a...

30 September 2010
04:27 GMT

ListAndPlay, Another Google Instant Spin-Off, Simplifies YouTube Playlist Creation

Google Instant has been very popular with the users but it seems that it has been even more popular with developers. After its introduction, a number of people set about creating instant searches from everything out there, from Google Maps to iTunes. One of the most successful and probably one of the first was Y...

24 September 2010
10:24 GMT

YouTube Instant Creator Accepts YouTube's Job Offer

The Google Instant launch generated quite a lot of interest and most users welcomed the new feature. The new search interface also inspired others to try and recreate the experience, one of the first and best known being YouTube Instant. Launched shortly after Google Instant, the result of a long coding session by St...

24 September 2010
07:17 GMT

Yahoo Holds Patents Relevant to Google Instant

Google Instant has been mostly well received by experts and users alike. The new UI is certainly fresh and the company seems to be staying one step ahead of the game. But, while Google Instant may look innovative, it's not exactly a new idea. In fact, Yahoo had it and used it five years ago. While never availabl...

21 September 2010
10:40 GMT

Google Instant Was a Huge PR Win

Google Instant has been live for about two weeks now. The launch was met with a wave of commentary, either good or bad, and very few remained indifferent. Everything from the death of SEO to a revolution in search was predicted. Yet, according to one SEO company users' behavior hasn't changed much. That may...

21 September 2010
04:37 GMT

Google Instant Now in Chrome Labs

Google Instant has been very well received by the users and rightfully so. The feature comes with quite a few advantages and speeds up searching quite a bit. But the main gripe users have with it doesn't have to do with the feature itself, rather with the fact that few people go to the Google homepage to searc...

18 September 2010
07:07 GMT

Agatha Christie Doodle Is the First Since Google Instant Launched

Google doodles are very common and the search engine regularly marks events and celebrations with a custom logo. Today it's running an "Agatha Christie" doodle to commemorate the author's birthday. In itself, the doodle is nothing special, but it is the first doodle displayed on Google.com since Google Inst...

15 September 2010
10:28 GMT

Google Instant Now Built Into Chrome

Google wasn't kidding when it said it planned to bring Google Instant to every product, platform and even inside browsers as soon as possible. The latest Google Chrome dev builds already have a sort of Google Instant implementation, albeit not enabled by default. If you run Chromium, Google Chrome Canary or the ...

13 September 2010
11:19 GMT

Google Maps and Images Instant Try to Recreate YouTube Instant Success

Google Instant not only proved a success with users, it also sparked the imagination of developers. While Google has said that Instant will be coming to all Google products at some point, it hasn't stopped enterprising developers creating their own implementations right now.YouTube Instant, created by college st...

13 September 2010
10:25 GMT

Google Search Changes Inspire 'YouTube Instant'

Inspired by the new Google Instant features, a Stanford university student has created a website, which applies the same principles to YouTube search.By now you're probably all too familiar with the enhancements recently introduced by Google to its Web search page.The new features are collectively called Google ...

10 September 2010
11:12 GMT

Features Removed with Google Instant

Google Instant seems like a great new feature and certainly brings a lot of new things, in terms of the user experience since most of the technologies were already available.But Google Instant also takes away a few things, or at least moves them around. And it also comes with an understandable limitation to what type...

9 September 2010
12:29 GMT

Google Instant Coming in All Countries, Products, Platforms and Even Built Into Browsers

Google Instant is a great feature, but, unfortunately for many, it is not yet available on all, even most Google Search localized versions and not for all browsers. And it would be nice to see it in other Google products or even built into browsers. Well, all of these features are coming. For now, Google Instant is a...

9 September 2010
09:43 GMT

Google Instant Comes to Mobile Phones Too

Mobile phone users should soon be able to enjoy a new feature when accessing Google search on their devices, namely Google Instant, which has been recently released for desktop PCs, and which was already tested for mobile devices, it seems. Most probably, the new feature is meant to make an appearance into the wild ...

9 September 2010
06:25 GMT

What Google Instant Means for Advertisers

Google Instant is certainly a radical revamp of the search interface and experience so those making a living from Google Search are worried and, perhaps, rightfully so. SEO experts and advertisers have no idea what to expect, despite reassurances from Google. Most likely, not even Google is sure about all of the repe...

9 September 2010
06:13 GMT

How to Enable Google Instant in Opera

Google Instant is probably the biggest revamp to the search engine and to search in general since Google first launched. Unfortunately, the new UI only works for a few browsers, Firefox, Chrome and IE8, for now. Well, actually, it may very well work for others, but Google has only enabled it for the ones listed above...

9 September 2010
05:11 GMT

Bob Dylan Showcases Google Instant

Google has just introduced one of the most radical changes to the search engine since it launched. Google Instant, which serves search results as you type, looks impressive and certainly has potential but, for all of Google's testing and analysis, there are still plenty of questions that only time will answer.In...

9 September 2010
04:17 GMT

Google Instant, Search Faster than You Type

Google's big announcement turned out to be what everyone was expecting, dubbed Google Instant, the new streaming search results feature is now live at the main Google site and for several localized versions as well. Google says that the idea is not a new one. In fact, it was toying with "search-as-you-type" r...

8 September 2010
16:18 GMT


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