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Sep 8, 2010

What Is Google Instant?

Google's just announced Google Instant! They say it's going to transform search forever—making it faster, better, stronger. But what is it, exactly?
 It's predictive search...
Should you activate Google Instant Search, you'll start seeing search results as soon as you start typing. You'll also be shown a range of possible queries in grey to refine your options, all before you ever hit the "Search" button.
Google estimates that Google Instant will save people an average of 2-5 seconds per search. The reason? We read faster than we type, and predictive search pretty much takes typing out of the equation. If every Google user around the world switched to Instant, we'd save 3.5 billion seconds a day, or 11 hours per second.

Unless you're looking for porn.
While the normal SafeSearch filters—like those used in Image searches—apply, Google Instant draws the line at "pornography, violence and hate speech." Which means that when you try to autocomplete a generic "porn" search, you're stuck with this:
















There's a good chance you've already got Google Instant up and running, but if not, don't feel too left out; it's going to take a couple of days for the service to hit all Google users. And a bit longer than that to hit mobile—Google says that it's not available in the immediate future for phones, but that it should be coming in the next few months. Ditto for the search bar in your browser. In any case, if you don't like it you're not forced to use it; next to every search box will be a link that lets you turn Instant off or on as you please.

...and has at least one neat trick up its sleeve.

When Google Instant is activated, the right arrow key acts as the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button. Glad to see that a healthy sense of adventure has been maintained.

60 comments:

Daniel said...

I definitely went to go try it. Thanks for bringing back those major 2 seconds of my life google, heh.
Still amazingly cool though.

Epsi said...

AWESOME! google never ceases to amaze me.

asshat331 said...

wowzers

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wow dude this is extremly good knowledge. peace!!!

troystefan said...

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Shane said...

Whoa, that's... slightly useful i guess.

applecider said...

awesome!!!

Jim said...

Google won't stop until they can read our minds and put ads in our dreams.

Jeebus Crust said...

"What Is Google Instant?" ...and why should I care.

If I may add. Nothing against your article though.

Randy said...

Thanks! Didn't know about this

Anonymous said...

Supportin!

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suzychen said...

2.5 seconds huh?

John L said...

Awesome! Keep the info coming.

RatsRunThisTown said...

Very good read :D

Lemmiwinks said...

Showing support!

lulz88 said...

wow, fucken google

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Braden Hollembaek said...

Google is out of control. Always innovating, pressing the envelope. No doubt the top tech company in the world. Can't wait for chrome OS.

Toxic said...

cool i found out about this before i read your blog...its helpful lol

A musician and gamer said...

thats awesome ill be using it for sure

llllollllll said...

That's awesome!

Skyshock said...

its how google translate works

Anonymous said...

checking it out when I have time.

The Loon said...

They announce it now? O_O
It's been a long time man D:

Jazzycakes said...

I love how google are always pushing forward but not so much in the media like apple :D

Baller said...

I hate this new feature. I see no real use for it.

Light Weight Baby! said...

I never thought of it that way... interesting

Rhys said...

looking forward to how it develops ay

Anti1337 said...

absolutely amazing! google never lets us down

nanosound said...

Man does Google ever stop? My girlfriend just realized that about 75% of her daily work operations are dependent on one Google service or another. Think about it, mobile, maps, docs, mail, etc ad inf.

Just started following, looking forward to more! Check out nanosound at blogspot when you can bro.

Squall said...

I really like google instant, thx bro!

Tino Celluloid said...

I'm diggin it!

Sparkqtpi said...

This is pretty cool, but how much of a difference is 2 seconds going to make with this?

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CircleFap said...

Interesting! Just dropping by.

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화이팅!! said...

wait... wasnt it always like that?

DailyDose said...

very awesome. Nice change

Spilii said...

Thats such a good idea. Google is going to take over the world one day

chuckniceman said...

nice bro!

Pluhe said...

So, do they?

iammyself said...

google's getting crazier and crazier

BeKindPlease said...

I was using it today. Man, Google is run the world someday. Supportin like every day!

MrkJulio666 said...

I can't get it to work :(

Red Baron said...

i'd be up for that if my comp wasn't so shit

Ninadle said...

It's a pretty cool feature

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Anonymous said...

purhaps i shall use it when i have use for it. thanks

Anonymous said...

wow this is great idea !!!

razortek said...

imma showin mah luv!!!! ;)
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Japannews said...

i'm always impressed with what google is doing.

InterestingBlogz said...

Showing some love. :)

vogelhut said...

Oh Google, what will they come up with next?

hunter time said...

yea it was working for me earlier i have to say its amazing

Sttppd said...

Awesome, google keeps getting better :)

Lemmiwinks said...

Supportin!

Joris van der Mark said...

hmm this is useful =)
tahnks for posting

shirou said...

awesome, thanks for sharing..

Swarmster said...

google is crazy man

WakeOfBuzzards said...

WOW! I'm going to try this RIGHT NOW!

Nuc said...

It's a lot better, apart from that big blue bar at the bottom of the search bar.