It was only a matter of time before a search engine would attempt to bring search-as-you-type results to the world, and it looks like Google is trying to be the first to bring this into the wild. As pointed out by SEO consultant Rob Ousbey, Google has begun testing a live updating results page, as seen in the video above.
As Ousbey enters terms into the search box, the results page is automatically reloaded to reflect the changes in search terms. To reduce server strain and loading, the page only refreshes once the predicted search terms (which are already displayed on Google search pages) change, and it appears to only refresh to the topmost result. Once the predicted terms are exhausted it switches to updating every few characters. Ousbey never needed to manually refresh the page.
This new innovation of Google’s is a very interesting one. Constantly updating searches will enable you to find what you are looking for more quickly and should be well received if Google do decide to release it to the world, however it could actually make searching slower for those who have low bandwidth connections -- more refreshes equals constant loading and this can be annoying on slow connections.










