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Re: Google Instant Search Released

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Post by eof » Wed, Sep 08, 2010, 5:25 PM UTC

kind of cool, but I immediately turned mine off.

I could imagine using it in some situations though, when I am really digging for some information and not expecting my query to bring my desired result to the top few spots.

Re: Google Instant Search Released

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Post by eof » Wed, Sep 08, 2010, 5:26 PM UTC

brown9-2 wrote: post #17

rubyrescue wrote: post #15

Not sure if this was covered elsewhere, but this actually changes the SEO game in a subtle way. imagine you could rank for the term online deg but NOT online degree. SEO's rejoice, this could be profitable for consultants and linkbuilders.

I'm curious if users will actually change their behavior because of this though. For example, if you decide you want to go to google.com to search for "online degree", are you likely going to stop in the middle of typing your phrase when you notice some results appear? For me the lag between typing and displaying of results seems a little too slow for this to really happen.

You forget that you are not the user.

edit: ie not everyone is typing as quickly as you are

Re: Google Instant Search Released

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Post by acqq » Wed, Sep 08, 2010, 5:26 PM UTC

sz wrote: post #25

davidw wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Works with some swear words in Italian too. Wonder if they compiled a list or if they've got an algorithm that says "wait, this is about to return some naughty results".

It's [edit: not exactly] SafeSearch: Q: If an offensive or lewd word is a fraction of my query, will Google push these results in front of me as I type? A: As always, we provide options to filter the content you see in search. You can choose to set SafeSearch to filter out explicit content, and parents can lock SafeSearch to the strict setting. In addition, autocomplete excludes certain terms related to pornography,…

AFAIK not SafeSearch but "in addition," the second part of your qute.

Re: Google Instant Search Released

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Post by cryptoz » Wed, Sep 08, 2010, 5:27 PM UTC

paraschopra wrote: post #26

I keep thinking that Google is on a mission to make us lazy. What after Instant search? Google Mind Reading Search!

Google is on a mission to build AI. Perhaps a side-effect of that is lazy humans, but that's definitely not their main goal. :)

Re: Google Instant Search Released

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Post by itblarg » Wed, Sep 08, 2010, 5:27 PM UTC

arfrank wrote: post #12

davidu wrote: post #9

I'm really curious how they will count ad impressions in this new system. Can anyone find any comments on that? Google is CPC, but the number of impressions has a dramatic impact on price.

http://adwords.google.com/support/aw/bin/answer.py?hl=en&#38... Excerpt: When someone searches using Google Instant, ad impressions are counted in these situations: * The user begins to type a query on Google and clicks anywhere on the page (a search result, an ad, a spell correction, a related search). * The user chooses a particular query by clicking the Search button, pressing Enter, or selecting one of the predic…

Three seconds? Yikes. Will be interesting to see how this impacts big money PPC spenders...

Re: Google Instant Search Released

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Post by paraschopra » Wed, Sep 08, 2010, 5:30 PM UTC

cryptoz wrote: post #34

paraschopra wrote: post #26

I keep thinking that Google is on a mission to make us lazy. What after Instant search? Google Mind Reading Search!

Google is on a mission to build AI. Perhaps a side-effect of that is lazy humans, but that's definitely not their main goal. :)

Smart AI + Lazy Humans = Feelings of Hollywood sci-fi being right

The smart thing about Google is that their progress is incremental in the sense nobody will realize before it takes over their lives. In a way it already has, but imagine your relationship with Google in 10 years down the line. You will be literally hooked to it and it will know what you are going to do next. I just wish Don't be evil stays ingrained in that AI :)

Re: Google Instant Search Released

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Post by paraschopra » Wed, Sep 08, 2010, 5:32 PM UTC

From their FAQ page http://www.google.com/instant/

* 15 new technologies contribute to Google Instant functionality.

Does anyone know which are these new technologies?

Re: Google Instant Search Released

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Post by ArturSoler » Wed, Sep 08, 2010, 5:34 PM UTC

Will some integration be done for those of us that search on the Chrome navigation bar instead of opening google.com in the first place?

Re: Google Instant Search Released

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Post by coderrr » Wed, Sep 08, 2010, 5:34 PM UTC

interesting UI issue/inconsistency (in Chrome)... when pressing tab, it can either complete the current word/phrase or move to the X, so can either do nothing or clear the search box

Re: Google Instant Search Released

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Post by res0nat0r » Wed, Sep 08, 2010, 5:37 PM UTC

I for one turn off google suggestions on every new pc/browser I use, it is a distraction to me and actually causes me to type slower. Maybe because I've been in front of a computer constantly for 15 years but I can type my term much faster than being distracted by results and clicking on the dropdown for them.

I just wish I could disable this account wide so every time I clean my cookies/cache in Firefox I don't have to go back to preferences and turn it off again.