14. A computer-readable storage medium tangibly encoded with coded instructions for execution by a computing device comprising: code for recognizing that an instant message entered by a first user into a first instant messaging window on a first client computer includes an inline search query, wherein said recognizing comprises identifying a search trigger in the instant message; code for causing communication of the search query to a second client computer for display of the search query inline in a second instant messaging window on the second client; and code for causing the display of at least one search result inline in the first instant messaging window on the first client computer and inline in the second instant messaging window on the second client, the at least one search result based on the recognized search query.
15. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 14 , further comprising code for causing communication of the search query to a search server, wherein the code is with an instant messaging server that receives the search query and transmits the search query to the search server.