Google Instant Search launched today. Try this trick to get a weather report.
Google Instant is a feature introduced on September 8, 2010 that predicts search queries as you type them into Google. It allows you to get your local weather forecast in under a second by pressing only 1 key.
Steps
- Go to the Google home page. As of September 8, 2010 this will only work for logged in users in the USA who are using Chrome, Safari, Firefox or IE8. Google plans on expanding this to other geographies with a few days and to other browsers and mobile users within months.
- Press “w”. That’s it. Notice the weather report came up instantly without you having to type “weather” or press search. Read your weather report. Depending on your previous search history, though, you may have to type more of the word in order for it to work.[1]
Tips
- If you keep typing you will notice how the search results change as it tries to predict what you are looking for. Google estimates that this will save 350 million hours for searchers every year.
- You might get redirected to your country’s google home page. Just click on the “Go to google.com” link below to go there.
- You can also go to the top where the links are and add content to your page. There is a wide selection of weather forecast and monitoring widgets available.
Related wikiHows
- How to Use Keyboard Shortcuts in Google Instant Search
- How to Use the Google Calculator
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- How to Add Wikipedia Articles to Google Earth
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