Finally, Google has come up with a major update and that’s quite interesting and a useful feature. The new Google Instant is all about speed. It gives search results as fast as you type just like it does earlier for “suggestions”. But now the suggestions have been replaced with search results. This feature is currently available only for Google.com and will be rolled out for local domains in coming months.

Here are somethings which I like and dislike about the new Google Instant.

Likes:

1. Instant search results, this is undoubtedly very time saving.
2. Instant “I’m feeling lucky”. When you take your cursor over any search suggestion you can find “I’m feeling lucky” to its right.
   
3. The search box smoothly slides over to the top and comes up with search results without any kind of overlapping.

Dislikes:

1. The suggestion box doesn’t disappear until and unless one clicks the “search” button or hits “enter”.
2. I didn’t understand how the search terms are organized? For “A” the first suggestion is Amazon and for “B” it’s “Best Buy” and for “G” its “Gmail”
3. No improvement in search results. [At least, it was the case for my keyword]
4. Browser limitation. It will be available only for Chrome v5/6, Firefox v3, Safari v5 for Mac and Internet Explorer v8.

How to turn off Instant Search ?

When you land on to the search results page you can find a “Instant is on” link. Click and select “Off”.

Or you can go to your Preferences page and select “Do not use Google Instant” radio button for Google Instant.

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