Google recently announced Google Instant, a new search enhancement that shows results as you type.With Google Instant you will get 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.
Features
- 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
- Dynamic Results -- Google dynamically displays relevant search results as you type so you can quickly interact and click through to the web content you need.
Native browser integration is also available in near future, means when you search through your address bar, results will start flooding in before you've even finished asking the question.Google Instant will first be rolled out in the U.S., UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Russia .The first supported browsers are Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer 8 .If you type the letter “w,” Google will instantly display what it thinks you’re most likely to be searching for: the weather for your area.
If you don’t yet see it, you can try enabling it via this special URL here .To disable the Google Instant navigate to “Instant is on” link to the right of the search box on a search results page. There you can toggle it between “on” and “off.”
Google has recently launched secure search on feature on Google which allows you do a secret search .With Google search over SSL, you can have an end-to-end encrypted search solution between your computer and Google. This will l helps you protect your search terms and your search results pages from being intercepted by a third party. If your computer is infected with malware or a key logger, a third party might still be able to see the queries that you typed.So Google with SSL enables more secure and private search experience
In secured search Google Images and Google Maps are not currently available.You will need to install some plug-ins in Google Chrome or Firefox to use Google secure search. You can install KB SSL Enforce extension for Google Chrome and Google SSL Plugin for Firefox
Check : https://www.google.com/
In today's information-intensive workplace, finding just the right file when you need it can be challenging.Compared to Vista, Windows 7’s search function will be a lot quicker and more useful, with the results organized better. But did you know that the new search tool is also available for XP and Vista?
Windows Search 4.0 lets you perform an instant search of your computer. Windows Search 4.0 helps you find and preview documents, e-mail messages, music files, photos, and other items on the computer.
Once it is installed, you will see a new search field in the task bar. Type a specific file name or something like “*.jpeg” in this. You can even choose whether Windows will search only your computer or even on the Internet for the term.Windows Search indexes your computer files to create a quick reference. To find a file, you enter a search term in the toolbar field and press enter. A window opens with the search results that you can scroll through or limit to certain types of files. It is just that fast and easy.
Features
- Support for indexing encrypted documents of local file systems
- Reduced effect on Microsoft Exchange when you index e-mail in online mode, and there is no local cache (.ost)
- Support for indexing online delegate mailboxes
- Support for client-to-client remote query to shared indexed locations
- Improved indexing performance
- Faster previewer updates for Windows XP
- Per-user Group Policy settings
- Windows software updates for Watson errors
You may be bored with conventional Google search, then try 
This feature is very useful if you want to see whether the page is working or not, because sometimes your Google search end up at a 404 page error or page not loading.There is ‘see more results’ button at the bottom of each result page instead of pagination in the search result.
Microsoft has recently publicly launched their new search engine Bing.It provides very good general search results with high relevance, big index and quick speed .Bing add-on for the Firefox lets you add Bing to the list of search engines in the Firefox Search bar, if you are interested in trying out .
If you are using Internet Explorer 8,visit Add-ons Gallery or click the drop down menu of Windows Live Search, click “Find More Providers”
That will direct you Add-ons Gallery: Search Providers ,from there you add Bing
To add Bing in Chrome, go to Settings > Options and in the Basics tab click on Manage present under Default Search. Now click Add and give the name as ‘Bing’, Keyword as ‘Bing.com’ and URL as “http://www.bing.com/search?q=%s&go=&form=QBLH&scope=web“. Click OK and set Bing as default search by selecting “Make Default”.
Bing has been launched today and it’s now available for everyone(It was supposed to go live on June 3rd). You can start searching now and see what results it returns.
Microsoft Corp. Thursday unveiled Bing, the rebranded and rebuilt search engine formerly code-named Kumo, designed to replace Live Search.
Bing would consists of four vertical search areas which help users in making purchase
If you search for an xBox game, not only will you get a list of normal blue link results, but you’ll also get a list of related searches, which includes things like walkthroughs, news, errors, etc.The results are customized depending on what type of search you are performing: travel, health, shopping, news, sports, etc.
Bing is not available at present , but you won't have to wait long. Starting on June 1, some users will get Bing search results from Live Search. Watch out for this link on June 3, as Bing goes live to the public
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Brupt is a Google based document search tool that lets you search for Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel and PDF documents indexed by Google. To find a document, simply select the document type you need, enter your keyword and click on “Search”.
This document search engine comes in really handy for search engine users who are not aware of Google operators and their functionality.
How do you find out exactly where your user name can be used without modification on most social sites?Checking availability manually could turn out to be a never-ending task .Namechk is a new service that helps you find open usernames at 84 different Web sites.
Most impressive about this service is the speed. In a few sample searches, it averaged about 10 seconds from start to finish. And you don't even have to wait to see all the results because they stream in as it does its business.Just type a username into the namechk text field, and within seconds you’ll see sites where your queried username is available in green, and sites where it’s already taken in red
Rapidstack is an excellent search engine for users who download frequently from Rapidshare,which give you only the Live and Working Links.Each filename links to the original URL, and links are also displayed beneath the file name.
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Social networking websites function like an online community of internet users. Depending on the website in question, many of these online community members share a common interest such as hobbies, religion, or politics. Once you are granted access to a social networking website you can begin to socialize. This socialization may include reading the profile pages of other members and possibly even contacting them.
Are you looking for a long lost relative or friend in social networks, then here are some free resources to trace people online.
