Marissa Mayer on recent developments in 2010 Search: Caffeine
Timeline View, Conversation View, Real-Time Search, better Spelling Correction etc.,
Google constantly works to make search more personalized. People really want to bookmark results, you can now do so by Starring search results.
In April 2010, Google rolled out a redesign with a left-hand panel and lots of other options.
Henry Matisse's "Woman with a Hat" is one of MOMA's most Important Pieces
It takes a user 9 seconds to enter a search into Google on average.
300ms for it to get to Google, then 15 seconds picking the right result.
Google has spent a lot of time optimizing the 300ms part of the search, and thinking about network time.
Marissa Mayer officially announces Google Instant
In 2000, Google did "MentalPlex," an April Fool's joke about Search Results before you type.
Google Instant will be available on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and IE 8 later today.
Google Instant will be rolled out on Google.com in the US and then internationally in UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain & Russia
"We're really excited about what Google Instant could mean." It should save 2-5 seconds per query. It'll save 11 hours every second.
Johanna Wright and Othar Hansson of Google talk more about Instant Search.
Three main features: The first gear is Instant Results, the second is Predictions, the third is "Scroll to Search".
Johanna Wright, Director of Product Management, Web Search - Google
Othar Hansson, Senior Staff Software Engineer - Google
Othar is searching for "The Girl..." and getting "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
They're searching for info on Yosemite. He types "Yose" then Tab to complete "Yosemite National Park".
Othar is planning a trip to New York with his mom and her grandkids.
Othar announces Google Instant on a phone coming soon.
Google Instant Search on Mobile
People commented a solution such as Instant Search isn't possible to build. But Google went on..
Building such a high level architecture could be very intensive and could lead to lot of issues. But Google still went on..
Google Founders & CEO: WE MUST BUILD IT!
Ben Gomes, Distinguished Engineer - Google
Google used an eye-tracking experiment to watch peoples' eyes as they used Google Instant. - Usability Testing
Behind the Servers: How Google Instant Search Works?
Bright Minds: Google Instant Search Team
By understanding the Web and Users better, Google will make Quantum Leaps in Search.
Q&A Panel at Search Event. From left to right: Gabriel Stricker (Director of Communications, Search), Othar Hansson (Senior Staff Software Engineer), Marissa Mayer (Vice President, Search Products and User Experience), Ben Gomes (Distinguished Engineer), Johanna Wright (Director of Product Management, Web Search), Sergey Brin (Co-Founder & President, Technology) Jonathan Effrat (Product Manager, Web Search)
Sergey Brin - Google Co-Founder & President, Technology
Search On... http://www.google.com/instant
