'YouTube Instant' creator, 19, finds instant fame

[dailypress]

For Stanford University student Feross Aboukhadijeh, what started off as a bet fueled by youthful ambition and technical bravado, ended up an Internet hit and quite possibly a job.

Last week, Aboukhadijeh, 19, was just an ordinary, albeit talented, college student as he tested out Google Instant, the Web giant's new predictive search results feature. He was immediately impressed on its debut Wednesday but also inspired. To his roommate, he said, "I bet you I can build YouTube Instant in an hour." And his roommate took him up on the bet.

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[dailypress]

btw when you google YTInstant the site doesnt show up! do you think it's penalized? or simply doesnt have enough content? cause im sure it has many backlinks...

[Sgt_Kickaxe]

Not bad, it's actually better than youtube itself in many ways.

One guy, 3 hours, no cost = overpaid youtube staff better work extra hard for a while to earn their pay, they've been showed up imo.

No crappy comments and no ads! I'll use it until it gets shut down.

[dailypress]

I agree. Its more simple and right to the point.

Now why would you think they would shut it down? ;)