Google Instant Previews

Google has been adding lots of cool new features to Google Instant. The latest addition to the feature list is the Instant Previews. Though Google has been testing this feature for quite some time, its out for a wider audience just now. This feature will add a magnifying glass icon next to each search result and clicking on that will instantly open a preview of the web page. Interesting thing is that the relevant sections will be highlighted on the preview page. Try it out here.

Highlights

• Quickly compare results – A quick visual comparison of the search results helps you to pick the best result. Google claims that people who use Instant Previews are about 5% more likely to be satisfied with the search result.
• Highlight relevant Counter – Relevant sections will be highlighted in the preview. This will be really useful if the content you are searching for is buried somewhere in the page. This feature is not part of any of the existing search add-ons which does the same job as Instant Previews.

Google will be rolling out Instant Previews in the new few days. You can try it out from here.

Update: Pressing the right arrow key on the selected search result will also show the preview of the page. Google does not provide any option to disable 'Instant Previews' (even disabling Google Instant will not disable Instant Previews) Source: Google Operating System.

-- Varun