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Instant preview had "Bing fear" written all over it. Probably the biggest feature on Google Search that I found the least use for. I don't understand why Google feels the need to play catch up to Bing.

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From my short experience as an intern and much longer experience being friends with several google folks: Bing fear is a disease inside Google. They've done a large number of unreasonable things because Microsoft was looming large on some manager's mind.

Totally agree. There is a reason I don't use Bing...I don't like all the clutter. Now Google seems to think that adding more stuff to a SERP is going to help them save market share...I don't get it.

They must be testing this stuff, so maybe it's just me. I could get used to Google Instant....but not sure about Instant Preview.

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