Google Instant 'invented by Yahoo! in 2005'
Ex-Yahooligan rues death of LiveSearch
In a blog post, former Yahoo! search product manager Steven Hood points out that in 2005, the company rolled out to tool known as Live Search, an AJAX-based online application remarkably similar to Google Instant.
"[Google Instant] is a fundamental change to a user interaction model that’s been largely unchallenged for years," Hood writes. "By all accounts this is a bold and brave innovation. Which is why it may surprise you to learn that Google Instant is actually five years old. Yahoo built it back in 2005."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/10/google_instant_v_yahoo_live_search/
