If you search with Google today, you might see a preview icon ( magnifying glass) next to the results, this is the newest feature called “Instant Previews”. The internet giant said they add this preview feature will have users search results in a faster way.

“Instant Previews provides a graphic overview of a search result and highlights the most relevant sections, making finding theright page as quick and easy as flipping through a magazine,” Raj Krishnan, a Google product manager, was quoted as saying by Xinhua.

The new feature would not take longer time to preview, results shows up in less than one-tenth of a second, while many of today’s websites usually take four or five seconds to load, Krishnan said.

Google said the new feature should be available in more than 40 languages in the next few days.

Google launched a new tool ” Google Realtime Search”. The new search tool is handy for users who want to sift fast through news, comments and other information on the Internet in real time, it also have options like follow conversations on social network sites such as Facebook and Twitter in one place.

Google’s effort underscores the importance of real-time data on social media, in an increasingly competitive Internet search arena which it dominates. It look like they still a winner by staying ahead they competition. Bing from Microsoft in October also announced partnerships with Twitter and Facebook to provide real-time search results.
Watch the video for more info on Googles new power search engine or click this link to use the new search engine

Google is launching a revamped version of Google Image Search, which starts rolling out to users today.
The announcement was delivered by Marissa Mayer, Google’s (Google) vice president of search products and user experience, here at a press conference at the company’s offices in San Francisco. In a colorful room filled with journalists, Mayer and her team dived into the current technology underlying Google Image Search, but quickly turned their attention towards an array of new features that will greet searchers starting today.
the revamped version of Google Image Search. The new Google Images is a far more visual interface. Instead of lines of images with text, Google Image Search results now display larger thumbnails with very little text through a hover effect. Text information such as file names, file size and URL are now included when you hover over an image.

The landing page has also been massively revamped. The familiar Google Images frames have been removed in favor of displaying a full size image on top of the destination website. Once you close the image, you are taken to the actual destination page, rather than a Google-framed website.

Finally, Google has announced a product for advertisers: Google Image Search Ads, a new image-based ad format for Image Search. In its Q&A session, Google stated that there will be a premium for Google Image Search ads — not surprisingly, they will cost more than text ads.

The revamped version of Image Search has already started its rollout and will complete by the end of the week. This update will only be available on “modern browsers” at the onset, specifically Chrome (Chrome), Safari (Safari), Firefox (Firefox) 3.0 and up, IE7 and IE8.
source: mashable.com/2010/07/20/google-images