How Google Instant Works

Google Instant, a new version of the search engine that displays results as you type.

When you type a search query using Google Instant, results appear after the first letter is entered, and they update as the user types.

According to Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president of search and user experience, as Google Instant can predicts and automatically completes search terms, results are actually delivered "before you type,".

Google said that before Google Instant, it saw many examples of searches that took 30-90 seconds to type and the typical searcher took more than 9 seconds to enter a search term. If a user uses Google Instant, he can save 2-5 seconds per search.

Google Instant works in Chrome, Firefox, IE8 and Safari and is rolling out today in the United States. Users are able to try the service and set it as home page. The other countries that soon be able to use Google Instant are Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, Spain, France and Italy.

More information is available at Google's Website.

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