Google announced a faster version of its search engine called Google Instant that begins displaying results as soon as users type in queries.
Google Instant
This approach will shave anywhere from 2 to 5 seconds from user searches. It brings up results nearly as fast as it does for its auto-suggest feature. It will automatically do a search for the top auto-suggestion items before a user has had a change to selected it.
Overall, this approach will amount to a savings of 11 hours of searching per second, if all its users switch over to the instant interface. Despite the instant results, users are still able to use Google in the traditional sense, by typing in a query and hitting the enter key or search button. Users can also opt out of using it on their search pages, or from the Google Instant search itself.
The tool has an artificial intelligence element, to it, predicting what a user is typing will be by looking at the first few letters of the search query. This is not search as you type but rather search before you type.
As you type, you can see the results. This helps users formulate a better search term by providing instant feedback. Instead of waiting for the result, you can now adapt your search on the fly until the results match exactly what you want. This dynamic feature may ultimately be how to conduct all searches. It is like zeroing in on the target before you fire.
This option can certainly reduce time spent doing queries. It will allow users to optimize the time that it takes when doing the query not only to type a query but also scan the results. If the results are more in tune with their actual search, then the query and the results will be true timesavers.
Users should access to Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Internet Explorer 8 for the new service to work.
Source: Google
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