askHowie.com - AdWords Help, Advice and Tools » Just For Fun http://askhowie.com Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:26:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 My Personalized Google Instant Alphabet http://askhowie.com/2010/09/27/my-personalized-google-instant-alphabet/ http://askhowie.com/2010/09/27/my-personalized-google-instant-alphabet/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:28:11 +0000 Howie Jacobson http://askhowie.com/?p=4731 Read more]]>

Google Instant gives you suggestions as soon as you type a single letter. It's a bit distracting, and pretty annoying, and potentially extremely disruptive to search.

Mike Marshall and I were talking abou this at his Search Engine Academy this afternoon. After chatting for a while, we decided to start the Google Instant Alphabet project. 

Here's how it works: Enter the letter A, and see what listing comes up first. 

Here's my personalized alphabet (at least customized for geography):

  • Amazon
  • Best Buy
  • Craigslist
  • Durham Bulls
  • Ebay
  • Facebook
  • Gmail
  • Hotmail
  • Imdb
  • Justin Bieber
  • Kohls
  • Lowes
  • Mapquest
  • Netflix
  • Orbitz
  • Pandora
  • Quotes
  • REI
  • Skype
  • Target
  • USPS
  • Verizon
  • Walmart
  • Xbox
  • Youtube
  • Zappos

Justin Bieber? Really, Google?

Is yours similar? Identical? Do your own (it will take about 3 minutes), and post your Google Instant results to comments below. Together, we'll figure this thing out.

And maybe I'll become so famous that my name will eclipse Hotmail some day… ;)

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My thoughts on bailouts…

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