Wednesday, September 8, 2010

In An Instant


So media outlets have been abuzz today with the news of Google unveiling new search features. Early this morning, you could count me as one of the uninterested.

It's not because I don't care about what Google does, its just that with school now back in session I have many other obligations to attend to.

One of those obligations is blogging. (Sorry I'm late! I didn't have internet in my apt. last night and the library was so far away!) I was writing a post for My iWriter when I realized that I needed a picture.

So like everyone else who needs something and needs it now, where do you go? Google. I typed in google.com into the address bar, typed in blogging into Google and wham! I was hit with instant search, my eyes almost popping out of their sockets!

How glorious a concept! As if searching Google wasn't fast enough, now I get to see my results as I type. I need some time to process this information.




Ok done. I'm trying to think of the implications of Google's new technology. Obviously users will now be able to search better and faster. Instead of typing in various terms hoping for certain results, now you can see where the results are going and change accordingly.

For a blogger like me this is great. I can get my search results super quick, cutting down the amount of time I need to search the internet for things such as pictures, links, etc. While the time it takes to load search results normally is minimal, this is a huge advancement. With the advent of the internet, humans nowadays are accustomed to getting their information quickly, and this is even quicker.

I was in class while writing this so I don't have time to fully ponder the implications, but this is a good start. What do you think the impact of Google's new technology will be?

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