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March 24, 2011 02:10 am EDT
Original Link: http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/23/yahoo-intros-search-direct-takes-on-google-instant-with-insular/
Yahoo intros Search Direct, takes on Google Instant with insular effect
Remember Google Instant? Now, Yahoo's got something like that -- it's called Search Direct -- and like Instant, it consists of a search box that quickly and automatically suggests results as you type. Unlike Instant, however, it won't update the entire results page to reflect the outcome of your potential search, but rather just an enlarged search box like the one you see above, providing up to ten suggested queries and three suggested results. That makes it a little bit speedier (we were able to use it on our 3G phone connection quite easily) but also fairly limited in comparison. It's also a bit... ahem... self-serving, as any search that happens to include the same letters as one of Yahoo's own services will promote them above all others in the results -- in fact, only five letters of the alphabet presently bring up anything but a Yahoo website as the first result when typed in solo.- I = iTunes
- J = Jennifer Lopez
- Q = QVC
- X = Xbox 360
- Z = Zsa Zsa Gabor
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