Google's new Instant Search facility has got the web all a flutter. As an experiment I entered each letter of the alphabet to see what came back for each. This indicates Google's own records of what we really really want.

UK

A - Argos
B - BBC
C - Curry's
D - Debenhams
E - Ebay
F - Facebook
G - Google Maps
H - Hotmail
I - ITV
J - John Lewis
K - KLM
L - National Lottery
M - MSN
N - Next
O - O2
P - Paypal
Q - QVC
R - Rightmove
S - Sky
T - Tesco
U - YouTube
V - Virgin
W - BBC Weather
X - XBox
Y - YouTube (again)
Z - Zara

USA

A - Amazon
B - Best Buy
C - Craigslist
D - Dictionary.com
E - Ebay
F - Facebook
G - Gmail
H - Hotmail
I - Ikea
J - JetBlue
K - Kohls
L - Lowes
M - Mapquest
N - Netflix
O - Orbitz
P - Pandora
Q - BrainyQuote.com
R - REI
S - Sears
T - Target
U - USPS (United States Postal Service)
V - Verizon
W - Weather.com
X - Xbox
Y - Yahoo!
Z - Zillow

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