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Why Google Went Instant

Posted September 20, 2010 9:01 AM

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Last week, Google rolled out a major change to its search engine's interface. American users, and some users in other countries, began to see the results for their Google searches appear onscreen while they were still typing. For example, if you type "b" into Google's search box, you might see the results of a Google search for "bank of america" appear below the box, along with a sponsored link from Bank of America. Keep typing until you have "bat" in the search box, and the results could suddenly change to match a search for "batman."

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Re: Why Google Went Instant

09/20/2010 1:50 PM

... which was extremely annoying and I reset it to the 'old way'.

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09/20/2010 4:57 PM

So did I.

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... which I think is rather annoying. It's like when someone thinks I know what I'm going to say and tries to finish my sen...

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Re: Why Google Went Instant

09/20/2010 10:50 PM

Not sure why this is an issue with some people. I barely noticed the change. It barely amounted to "hmm how about that, I guess this is the way it works now" and I just kept rolling with it.

The only constant is change. I've learned to count on that not changing.

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09/21/2010 12:03 AM

Google? People still use Google? Whatever happened to AltaVista?
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09/21/2010 9:19 AM

Since AltaVista has over 60 search engine patents, I suspect Google is using at least a few of them!

(I'm an old Deccie)

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09/21/2010 1:41 PM

Ditto. I found "Instant" annoying... switched to Ask.com... will look into AltaVista... ANY search engine that will allow for not keeping my browsing history!
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