The A-Z of Google Instant
Google Instant promises a faster user experience and a change in how we search for information. Given that each letter a user types might alter the search results, I thought it might be interesting to see what comes up for each letter of the alphabet. Without further ado, here’s the A-Z of Google Instant as of September 9, 2010, searched from Lancaster, PA.
- A: Amazon
- B: Best Buy
- C: Craigslist
- D: Dictionary.com
- E: Ebay
- F: Facebook
- G: Gmail
- H: Hotmail
- I: IKEA
- J: John Beaston*
- K: Kohl’s
- L: Lowe’s
- M: MapQuest
- N: NetFlix
- O: Ocean City, Maryland*
- P: PSECU Credit Union*
- Q: QVC
- R: RE/MAX Realty
- S: Sears
- T: Target
- U: USPS
- V: Verizon
- W: Weather*
- X: Xbox
- Y: Yahoo!
- Z: USPS – Zip Code Lookup *
*Appears to be a local result
Most of these were pretty expected, although I am intrigued by some of the results. I also wonder what part of the algorithm determines a local result appearing over a national result for any given letter. It will be interesting to see how these change over time.
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