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Google Instant Enhancements

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    With Google Instant, seeing
    results as you type helps you
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    find information faster.
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    The introduction of keyboard
    navigation and the availability
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    of Google Instant across more
    search features like news,
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    video, and books helps you get
    the information you're
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    looking for even more
    quickly and easily.
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    Let's first look at how Google
    Instant has always worked.
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    Say you're doing a search for
    Yellowstone National Park.
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    Once you've typed yellows, the
    top prediction appears for
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    Yellowstone National Park, and
    this matches the results below.
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    Using the arrow keys you
    can scroll through the
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    other predictions.
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    Each time you scroll over a new
    prediction, your search results
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    update instantly below.
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    When the highlighted prediction
    matches what you're looking for
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    you can hit the enter
    key to confirm it.
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    Once you have confirmed your
    search by pressing enter the
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    new keyboard navigation feature
    let's you use the arrow up
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    and down keys to navigate
    through the results below.
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    When the result you're
    interested in is selected,
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    press enter to go there.
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    In addition to this
    enhancement, Google Instant now
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    works for many of the search
    features listed on the left
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    hand navigation of the
    search results page.
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    Including videos, news,
    books, blogs, updates,
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    and discussions.
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    For example, if you click the
    videos link in the left hand
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    navigation you will then
    see video results.
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    Add the letter W to your
    original search and you
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    will see new predictions
    and results.
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    You can then arrow down to
    wildlife, hit enter, and
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    again begin to navigate
    through the results.
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    We're continuing to improve
    and expand Google Instant,
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    so stay tuned for more.
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    Try it yourself at google.com.
Title:
Google Instant Enhancements
Duration:
01:48

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