Google Suggest
Google Suggest (http://labs.google.com/suggest) is just like the usual Google search engine, but as you type a word into the search field, it presents a list of frequently searched-for terms beginning with the letters you have already typed, along with the number of results you'd get if you searched for each of those terms. For example, Figure 15-4 shows what happens when I commit the narcissistic act of typing my name into Google's search field. Each time I type a letter into the search field, Google Suggest gets information from Google's webserver and updates the page. In typical Ajax fashion, this trip to the server occurs invisibly.
Figure 15-4. Finding myself in Google Suggest
In this chapter, we will use XML to create an Ajax ...
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