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How to Get a Weather Report Using Google Instant
Edited by Jack Herrick, Ilias Ismanalijev, Davjohn, The Guy Who Hates Hating and 4 others
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.
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1Go to the Google home page. As of September 8, 2010 this will only work for people who are using Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Internet Explorer 8. Google plans on expanding this to more areas within a few days and to other browsers and mobile users within months.Ad -
2Press "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, however, you may have to type more of the word in order for it to work.[1]Ad
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- 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.
- Google Instant only works in the "Classic Home", not "iGoogle" version. A person can switch between the two by clicking on the "Classic Home" link on the top right hand corner and back. iGoogle will provide results in the previous drop down menu method.
- 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.
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