Reynolds sees big potential in speeding up the process of refining queries, which he calls the “pogo stick” problem. Google Instant will help show what the right links are more quickly, he said via e-mail. Google Instant will take some getting used to. But I think most users will adjust to the changes and come to like Google’s tightening up of the search experience and all the guidance that will be presented to them.
Perhape anticipating some resistance, Google is giving users the option of turning off Google Instant, which for now will be limited to general web searches on google.com in the United States for all users, and in a few other countries such as France, Germany, and the UK for users signed into their Google accounts. It will launched later for all users worldwide, as well as in mobile devices.