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Google's instant preview is live

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Official Google Blog: Beyond Instant results: Instant Previews

not available in every language (yet), but you can try it here:
Google

#google #instant #live #preview
  • Profile picture of the author Abhinandangarg
    yaaa........ it is old story...
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    • Profile picture of the author theentry
      Originally Posted by Abhinandangarg View Post

      yaaa........ it is old story...
      Actually no, they were testing it on a small scale, however it has been released to the masses just now...
      I think it changes the way that parked domains will rank
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  • Profile picture of the author hernandeze
    Thanks for sharing this information, and i am glad to read this article.
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  • Profile picture of the author Zeb
    This is not old news. Instant was old news, instant previews is new news. It will be another interesting ride for us SEO'ers.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rob141
    I can't work out why anyone would want to preview a website without visiting it. Seems to me like a useless feature.
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  • Profile picture of the author InitialEffort
    Wait for GoogleRealtime
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  • Profile picture of the author kposs
    It's annoying and no way to turn it off!
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    • Profile picture of the author randerson
      I thought the whole appeal of Google was its simplicity. The more they complicate it, the worse it gets.
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      • Profile picture of the author orvn
        Originally Posted by randerson View Post

        I thought the whole appeal of Google was its simplicity. The more they complicate it, the worse it gets.
        I thought the appeal of Google was its functionality.
        Shows what I know.
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      Originally Posted by kposs View Post

      It's annoying and no way to turn it off!
      You can turn it off and on. You have to click the magnifying glass, then
      if you click on the x to close it, it should turn it off until you click
      the magnifying glass again. At least I can turn it off and on.

      Paul
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  • Profile picture of the author raymagnetic
    One thing I notice about the preview feature is that it shows the old look of your website if you've recently updated it. One of my websites which I just started working on again has my old wordpress design and not the one that's been up for a couple of weeks now. I wonder how long it takes for the updated version of your site to show in google instant preview?
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    • Profile picture of the author brandonbaker
      Originally Posted by raymagnetic View Post

      One thing I notice about the preview feature is that it shows the old look of your website if you've recently updated it. One of my websites which I just started working on again has my old wordpress design and not the one that's been up for a couple of weeks now. I wonder how long it takes for the updated version of your site to show in google instant preview?
      I'm assuming it just shows the cached version, no? In this case, wouldn't each update occur every time they cache your page (usually a few days)?
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  • Profile picture of the author TheGrooby
    I'm seeing traffic from this web preview stuff too in Stat Counter. It looks like this under recent visitor activity:

    Number of Entries: 1
    Entry Page Time: November 10th 2010 11:20:54 PM
    Visit Length: 0 seconds
    Browser: Google Web Preview 0
    OS: unknown
    Resolution: 1024x768
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  • Profile picture of the author Bryan V
    Oh man this feature is annoying! I turn it off, but it seems to keep turning back on. :O
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    • Profile picture of the author Defunct
      Originally Posted by pack12 View Post

      Oh man this feature is annoying! I turn it off, but it seems to keep turning back on. :O
      I think if you are logged into a Google Account it saves it, mine did anyway.

      It's possible it's not saving the preference to the cookie.

      I agree it's annoying, especially on a small netbook screen where i use the direction keys a lot, have web site previews blocking most of the screen.
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  • Profile picture of the author gittar1122
    Its a nice feature added but sometimes its annoying
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  • Profile picture of the author webmaster.9839
    Google's instant preview is live is very nice .. i like it so much .. its very nice feature in google
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      I think people are mixing up instant with preview.
      preview in and of itself is always turned on. But you don't
      have to use it! So if you hate it, STOP CLICKING the
      magnifying glass!!!! Seriously!

      If you are really talking instant, you can turn that off too!
      Do a search, and to the right of the search box is the button!!!

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  • Profile picture of the author cableghost
    I am curious as to how this might play a roll in determining which sites get clicked on.

    An example would be product-related niches. Personally, if I am looking for a widget, now I can simply click/hover over the mag glass to see if the site sells widgets, or if its a MFA or informational site. I just wonder how the lay person may use that feature.

    There may be some benefit to making some above-the-fold adjustments to the site's look and feel. I did see one site which had an image above the content stating something like...Best Deals on Widgets. This may entice that person who is on the fence to click.

    -Scott
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  • Profile picture of the author misskimberly
    Works well!
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  • Profile picture of the author kaceykk
    I find this preview feature annoying and hope that they do not keep it.

    It is changes like this that is going to eventually drive people to Bing / Yahoo.
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