the point of Google Instant is that it allows search results to appear much quicker than normal and saves a click. It will actually enhance the need for SEO, not decline it. It will also have a hazardous effect on PPC as this could cause impressions to go up, which will drive up cost.
You make a good point sudip. I'm sure some people will use google instant but I don't think people will use it to the point where some sites that are rank high, seeing a huge dip in traffic.
I think its not affect SEO. Because if you get better ranking in search result then you get more traffic either by instant or either by normal search. SEO is still their
I dont think Google Instant can put an end to SEO, but SEO will still continue with or without Google Instant...
Thread-starter's got it backwards: Instant search won't put an end to SEO -- it will make SEO so much more important, as it will become even more vital to get to the top of that first page.
Thanks Erebus, you made a good strike, If people or users accept google instant and watches every move of search result in google instant, then i think people will be more concern about only 1st page view. And if users continues to follow the premitive way of searching the exact keyword as he/she wishes then all is the same as it was for SEO.
Google basic searching pattern will be same. I don't thinks it will bring any major change. But SEO must focus on shorth Keywords for optimizing sites. Bets of LUCK
I still think SEO is going to be important as people still need to get on page 1 I do think its going to increase the amount of enquiries pulled from Google by quite a lot as people will be able to change the search term - so will this increase in SERP results increase the amount of clicks? that I am not sure of yet... if it does increase amount of clicks then its better for SEO companies as they will have clients wanting more and more phrases to keep up with more search terms
I just hope enough users find it annoying, so that Google reverts to normal search pattern. It is hard enough to rank for a long tailed keyword. I think if Google Instant forces us to compete with shorter keyword, that will be hell.
Dont be so paranoid. Just work on your sites. Changes will always come. This change does NOT affect SEO at all.
As far as i understand, with Instant.. Google displays results for every character you type. Haven't tried an actual instant but is it really that fast?
SEO will going to stay, but what makes me worry is that if more keyword suggestions (that comes as drop down when we type key phrases) are included then it will cause a wide diversification in search pattern.
how can it kill SEO, what google is doing.. it is just making the changes with result showing and display not with SEO so whatever position was of yours earlier will remain same after instant googling also...
Yes all the things you say are right, just imagine the BASE OF GOOGLE SUCCESS is they provide variety of results in a second. Now after this update most of the small websites will definitely suffer. Google is limiting user search and directing them to only big websites. Chance of a user reaching a small website which has good information is eliminated. And one more interesting thing about this update , Google makes the competitors grow faster Type f : you see facebook Type m : you see msn Type y : you see yahoo in the suggestion box I do not know whether this update can drive more advertisement money to Google. But their maintenance cost will go skyrocket high, as for instant search technology, the server burden will be definitely more results in increased costs. Overall this attractive update will harm Google in stopping users to reach variety of content for a particular keyword or phrase.
You are right buddy i agree to your point, small websites will die after this update. For SEO's it is going to be a slow poison. Google has used SEO to produce variety of results, views for each keyword and keyphrase and Now google is throwing SEO's.
This changes are beneficial of some partial keywords and surely affect long keywords ( both long words and long phrases )