Cube Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 http://www.google.com/instant/#utm_campaign=launch&utm_medium=van&utm_source=instant It searches as you type, and was the reason for today's Google doodle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 I think its a great concept. I would use it but as it doesn't yet support Chrome's browser search or on iGoogle I won't be just yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted September 8, 2010 Author Share Posted September 8, 2010 I think its a great concept. I would use it but as it doesn't yet support Chrome's browser search or on iGoogle I won't be just yet... Those are pretty much the reasons I won't be using it properly for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Yeah I can't remember the last time I actually went to the Google page to search, apart from trying this out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted September 8, 2010 Author Share Posted September 8, 2010 Yeah I can't remember the last time I actually went to the Google page to search, apart from trying this out. I visited the main Google page to play with balls yesterday. I think Google Pac-Man was the time before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 I want Chrome's children. Instant is pretty cool but, yeah, needs integration into Chrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 I... it just doesn't work for me, unless I pause between words. It's not instant, it's fast. But not as fast as I type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McPhee Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Same problem here. Cant see me using it to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Apparently a lot of companies are worried about how SEO will work with this as no 2 people will be seeing the same results... http://www.steverubel.com/google-instant-makes-seo-irrelevant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 How am I meant to even access this? I've logged out of my Google account and I still can't seem to access it... but I swore I got on it at home? Fuck it. Unless it's on everything it's shit. I've got a iGoogle page that doesn't work with it, Firefox homepage that doesn't work, UK version that didn't work, etc. Meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostOverThere Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 ^ This. I can't seem to get it working. Tried with Firefox 4 and Chrome 6. Signed in and out. Cleared cookies and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 It's on the basic google.com (or .co.uk) for logged in users, but not everyone can get it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rummy Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Interesting idea, though I don't know if I see the real need for it? Except maybe in those circumstances where you're googling in search of something you don't quite know, and end up doing like twenty difference searches with different word combinations until you finally find what you were looking for. Possibly ending up terribly dissappointed that it wasn't what you thought it was anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Just tried it now. All that seems to be different is the fact i don't have to press enter. If you type anything other than slowly, it's kinda pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diageo Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 It doesn't work for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flameboy Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Seriously how is this even close to being news worthy or anything worth thinking about! So I can speed up my search in the minute amount of time it takes from me typing the last letter to hitting enter! Meh! Posted from my BlackBerry using BerryBlab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted September 10, 2010 Author Share Posted September 10, 2010 Simply put: It looks cool. Albeit not as cool as the Google Balls Doodle they had the day before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwarf Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 (edited) http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/sep/13/charlie-brooker-google-instant that, tbh Google Assault is a great idea Edited September 15, 2010 by dwarf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diageo Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 It doesn't work for me, or for anyone else in Ireland. I would like to try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightwolf Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/sep/13/charlie-brooker-google-instant that, tbh Google Assault is a great idea This rang completely true when I tried it, I mean fantastic for those who aren't quite sure what they are looking for, but to promote it just as something that stops you pressing enter is to me..well remarkably silly and isn't worth using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raining_again Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 so chrome has support now? Its the biggest pile of shit which just slows down my temperamental internet >_> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diageo Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 so chrome has support now? Its the biggest pile of shit which just slows down my temperamental internet >_> Turn it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog-amoto Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Thank God!! It was torture having to press enter and then wait 0.43567 seconds for my 100,000 results! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohyoume Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Its all about providing personable search results tailored towards individual users. Based on a person's history of browsing, Google knows what a person is seeking and provides the results to match. In some ways kind of worrying because all the users data are stored in some database. Who knows how it can be used in the future, perhaps it is time to use search engines through a proxy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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