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Google Testing Instant Search Feature
adeelarshad82 writes "According to a recently released video, Google is currently testing an 'instant search' feature that changes search results as you type. The feature was first spotted over the weekend. At the moment Instant Search seems to be implemented on very few accounts. A Google spokesman could not confirm or deny the accuracy of the video saying that at any given moment Google is running 50 to 200 experiments."
So... incremental find for a search engine index? Might be one of the few new "experiments" from Google that turns out to be useful.
Freedom is drinking a beer in the park when you're supposed to be at work.
I see absolutely no point in this. While it looks cool, why would I want to see results for "chee", "cheese" or "cheese and b" when I'm searching for "cheese and biscuits"?
It may be 7 digits, but at least it's a semiprime
It's called incremental search and was introduced in the emacs text editor decades ago.
A better invention would be to return relevant search results.
Can someone tell them to turn off the BING image view. Sorry, we're in the third world of Australia, and searching images is no, just epic FAIL.
That would be a valuable addition.
Currently, many people rely on the word-completion from the search bar. For instance, one prefers to chose what comes from the propositions, since the results will be more numerous.
With this new feature one can adapt in real time the search pattern to converge towards the desired results.
Slashdot, fix the reply notifications... You won't get away with it...
You know how when you normally type in things, Google "suggests" what you might be looking for? And how, sometimes, those searches are, shall we say, "interesting" to say the least, or "NSFW" or just plain old weird? (For instance, try typing in "How do I" or "how do you" and see the odd results that occur... the ones I currently see are "get pregnant" and "start selling weed").
Now, imagine having the results of those show up as you're trying to search for something else entirely.
Frustrating, to say the least, and embarrassing or potentially job-threatening on some of those more risque searches.
I wish they'd do the opposite. Admittedly getting results for many searches in 1.342 seconds is cool but occasionally I'd prefer much more specific results even if it takes minutes or longer. If they had a service that charged a few $/month that allowed for complex regex and context based searches I'd probably pay it without a seconds thought.
yes, that's the correct spelling
Doesn't it have a D on the end? Or is this some kind of salted pastry?
Brain surgery - it's not rocket science!
...for anyone doing a search on the term analyst.
Or searching for information about shitake mushrooms.
Or looking for the latest football results for Arsenal.
Or cocktail recipes.
People should not be afraid of their governments - Governments should be afraid of their people.
Whatever you do, just don't do looking for goat security.
Does each ad that pops up during this phase count as an "impression"? This would really screw with the Advertisers.
I personally can't wait to see Google seizure between every word I type in. Great idea guys... How annoying would it be if someone tried to answer a question that you were asking after every word you said?