The ABC's of Google Instant

I had a fantastic opportunity to attend the press event for Google Instant yesterday. As I have been primarily focused on social gaming and the Facebook platform these days, it was nice to pivot my thoughts back to good, old-fashioned Search...that small little business that we average Joe's feed without even realizing it.

Google Instant updates the current search experience by putting the auto-fill box on steroids and extending the concept to auto-fill page. Google suggests what you're likely to need as soon as you type based on things like IP address and their massive amounts of query data. The consumer benefit of this being that it will speed up search times and let you get on with more important things in life...like getting a 2nd bagel in the morning...well, important to me that is.

Being the generous and self-serving...I mean selfless person that I am, I have provided my California Bay Area Google Instant results from A to Z below so that your over-paid SEM staffer can just copy and paste the text into his/her report. The results? Some expected, some not so expected and some that made me go...uhhh.

I've always wanted to IP protect the alphabet myself but it looks like Google has beat me to the punch. I wonder if Google is looking for a good Product Manager for their new Key Letters department? I might know just the person.

[Stay tuned for a post on Google Questions, my name for the formerly Google Answers. And you thought the Facebook Questions vs. Quora boxing match was interesting!]

A
amazon
aol
apple
att
a

B
bart
bank of merica
best buy
bing
b

C
craigslist
costco
cnn
chase
c

D
dmv
dictionary
droid x
disneyland
d

E
ebay
espn
expedia
evite
e

F
facebook
facebook login
fandango
fifa
f

G
gmail
google maps
google.com (suprise!)
great america
g

H
hotmail
hulu
home depot
hp
h

I
iphone
ikea
inception
imdb
i

J
jet blue
jeremy lin
jamba juice
java
j

K
kaiser
ktvu
kayak
kohls

L
lowes
lost
linkedin
limewire
l

M
mapquest
myspace
msn
maps
m

N
netflix
nordstrom
nba
news
n

O
outside lands
orbitz
osh
office depot
o

P
pandora
pg&e
paypal
petco
p

Q
quotes
qvc
quicktime
quinoa
q

R
rei
ross
redfin
rosh hashanah
r

S
skype
sfgate
sears
southwest airlines
s

T
target
twitter
thesaurus
travelocity
t

U
usps
ups
united airlines
utube
u

V
verizon
virgin america
vlc
verizon wireless
v

W
weather
walmart
wells fargo
wikipedia
w

X
xbox
xkcd
xm radio
xfinity
x

Y
yahoo
youtube
yahoo mail
yelp
y

Z
zillow
zappos
zip codes
zynga
z