Monday, October 11, 2010

What is GoogleME???

This is a question thats doing the rounds on the Internet basically to answer that question GoogleMe is a rumored social networking website from Google that is apparently not far away from launching and is Google’s attempt to take on rival Social networking powerhouse Facebook.

Google is doing plenty to give signs of a forthcoming social connecting utility with their recent spending activity buying Slide and Jambool the company behind virtual currency Social Gold all these are indications of Google’s eagerness to rule the social market as thats where they can do the most of their business. A great number of people just think that Google is just a search engine they forget that they are the powerhouse of advertising making up a huge percentage of total advertising on the entire Internet. Google also owns many other websites such as YouTube to name a few, watch this space as GoogleMe is looking and once it’s here we will bring you up to date news and features on Google’s new social networking website.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

GOOGLE INSTANT


Google Instant is a new search enhancement that shows results as you type. We are pushing the limits of our technology and infrastructure to help you get better search results, faster. Our key technical insight was that people type slowly, but read quickly, typically taking 300 milliseconds between keystrokes, but only 30 milliseconds (a tenth of the time!) to glance at another part of the page. This means that you can scan a results page while you type.

The most obvious change is that you get to the right content much faster than before because you don’t have to finish typing your full search term, or even press “search.” Another shift is that seeing results as you type helps you formulate a better search term by providing instant feedback. You can now adapt your search on the fly until the results match exactly what you want. In time, we may wonder how search ever worked in any other way.

Benefits

Faster Searches: By predicting your search and showing results before you finish typing, Google Instant can save 2-5 seconds per search.

Smarter Predictions: Even when you don’t know exactly what you’re looking for, predictions help guide your search. The top prediction is shown in grey text directly in the search box, so you can stop typing as soon as you see what you need.

Instant Results: Start typing and results appear right before your eyes. Until now, you had to type a full search term, hit return, and hope for the right results. Now results appear instantly as you type, helping you see where you’re headed, every step of the way.

Did you know:

  • Before Google Instant, the typical searcher took more than 9 seconds to enter a search term, and we saw many examples of searches that took 30-90 seconds to type.
  • Using Google Instant can save 2-5 seconds per search.
  • If everyone uses Google Instant globally, we estimate this will save more than 3.5 billion seconds a day. That’s 11 hours saved every second.
  • 15 new technologies contribute to Google Instant functionality.