Remember: for instant user assessment of resolution potential, anything below the fold doesn't exist! Can users perform a quick scan above the fold to answer who, what, and why? For Home Depot, the answer is most probably yes.
Our long-term goal is to get you information from that best source, ideally in instant answer form. In the next few years, I hope we can build upon some of those focuses that we feel have contributed to that experience, namely better instant...
Search queries for movies, TV shows, people, sports teams, music, books are among those triggering these instant answers directly on Google’s search result pages, in some cases eliminating the need for a user to click through to another website.
Google, on the other hand, has an answer ready for me the instant I think of a question. Instead, it came about via Facebook and Twitter, two places where you could ask a question of your entire social network and get almost instant relevant...
In the more recent past, Google has focused on speed, with Quick Answers seeing upgrades in 2010 and 2011 and with 2010's Google Instant bringing users results before they even finish typing, though it seems many Google searchers are ignoring this...
When Google Instant debuted, a fun game was typing in the letters of the alphabet to see what would pop up. Yahoo is now pushing the idea of helping people find answers, not links, by providing "answers" in a search tray next to a list of the 10...
The answer is coupons. Auto-suggest results, built off of their price prediction algorithm, shows instant price ranges for flight prices. SES New York brings the answers you're looking for. The safest way to build up trust/links for your website is...
Blended Results: Instant Answers for Searchers A huge search increase coupled with a considerably lower increase in visits means that the blended weather search results on the SERPs are likely doing their job and getting weather searchers their...
Google Brings Instant Previews to iPhone, iPad by Danny Goodwin The question-and-answer space seems to be gathering some momentum despite Google's recent address about "content farms" and the latest popular Q&A site within the search industry is...
Pitting Humans Against Computer Searching For Answers by Frank Watson IBM will be pitted against the two most successful Jeopardy contestants in a test to see if the computer can search its database and find the correct answer faster.
If conversion rate optimization is in your job description, here's what to say when your boss or colleagues ask what Google Instant Previews means for your conversion rates: It's too soon to tell. When I mentioned "Google Instant Previews" to some...
Speculation has run wild since Google announced Google Instant, the new technology that starts to supply you search results before you finish typing your query. One significant point of interest is that Yahoo had instant search in 2005 and then...
Since it's a test, most searchers will not see the sharing feature, which is why I have to share this screenshot featuring the Seattle Seahawks Instant Answer instead of the Carolina Panthers. It's not just for sports-related Instant Answers, either.
Bing Adds UFC Fighters to Instant Answers Posted by Nathania Johnson Aug 10, 2009 If you're into UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), then you have a new way to get quick info on the mixed martial arts organization.
Bing Adds UFC Fighters to Instant Answers Posted by Nathania Johnson Aug 7, 2009 If you're into UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), then you have a new way to get quick info on the mixed martial arts organization.
Bing has added UFC athlete information to its Instant Answers feature. Simply type the athlete name into the Bing search box and you'll get the Instant Answer: This update to Instant Answers isn't perfect, though.
Bing Adds Translation Instant Answer Posted by Nathania Johnson Jun 12, 2009 One of the great things about Live Search that has carried over to Bing is Instant Answers. There are shopping, travel and sports Instant Answers.
One of the great things about Live Search that has carried over to Bing is Instant Answers. There are shopping, travel and sports Instant Answers. Now, there are translation Instant Answers. But for your basic Instant Answers, it seems to work...
Instant answers is a feature we've covered a lot on this blog, and Microsoft does it very well. Sports scores, shopping and travel are all categories getting the instant answer treatment. Last fall, Microsoft incorporated Farecast flight search...
Microsoft's Live Search is adding more instant answers to the main search page. There are two new areas of instant answers being featured: Shopping and Flights. What do you think of these Instant Answer additions?
