Google Instant
Rich Search Assist-New Search Feature From Yahoo
Yahoo has commenced testing a new search feature that displays answers and results as you type based on search suggestions. Though there are big similarities between Google Instant and the fresh “Rich Search Assist“,the feature is surprisingly not named as “Yahoo Instant”.
Ethan Batraski,Group Product Manager at Yahoo Search,stated that at Yahoo, it is known that sometimes search is just about doing things at a faster pace.Whether one is looking for the latest game score, dietary facts about any breakfast, or a favorite TV show – one needs to be able to obtain answers with little to no effort. Presently,Yahoo Search is testing a beta version of a more sharp and content-rich Search Assist (a technology that Yahoo! pioneered) with a fraction of searchers.
The novel Rich Search Assist replaces the accessible Search Assistant. In the past, users would see connected searches and suggestions. In future, along with the suggestions, they will get direct links and answers based on the type of search.
Yahoo is merely testing the new feature with about 5 percent of users for now, but will roll it out further ultimately. There is no ultimate version yet, so several users may get different variations of the feature until Yahoo settles on the best one.
Wonder what strategies “Bing” would roll out in future !
Google Instant launched for iPhone, Android mobile
Google,the search engine giant has introduced the mobile version of its predictive search tool, Google Instant, for Apple iPhone and for a number of Android models.
Google software engineer Steve Kanefsky stated that with Google Instant on mobile, they were pushing the limits of mobile browsers and wireless networks. The mobile users would probably notice a huge improvement in speed while searching. This has been made possible with the help of new AJAX and HTML5 implementation for mobile that dynamically updates the page with fresh results and eliminates the need to load a new page for each query .
For enabling Google Instant on mobile devices, users have to tap the ‘turn on’ link on Google’s site on mobile phone.Also,users can disable it by clicking the ‘turn off’ button.
People with phones running Android 2.2 and iPhones and iPods running iOS 4 can enable Google Instant.