Google Suggest

Cristiano writes "As you type into the search box, Google Suggest guesses what you're typing and offers suggestions in real time. This is similar to Google's 'Did you mean?' feature that offers alternative spellings for your query after you search, except that it works in real time." It crashes Konqueror, but works nicely on Mozilla. Update: 12/11 by J : The engineer who thought of it, then built it in his "20% time," blogs about the process.

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[Zorilla]

> loose

Google
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Did you mean: lose?

Yeah, Slashdot needs this badly.

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[MillionthMonkey]

When I type "loose" it doesn't suggest "lose".

It does suggest "loose women".

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[RobertB-DC]

When I type "loose" it doesn't suggest "lose".

It does suggest "loose women".

It also suggests "loose weight". I can't believe how many web sites there are devoted to loosing weight. I guess that's the origin of the term, "to throw your weight around" -- so many people loosing it, and throwing weight will certainly loose it. What a bunch of loosers.

(and looking at that paragraph long enough makes me wonder if I've loosed it, myself)

Is it any coincidence

[Moth7]

That when you enter "P", the first suggestion is "Paris Hilton"? I guess this just proves that porn really does drive every new technology ;-)

Re:Is it any coincidence

[IdleTime]

No, it just means that you are a porn freak!

Their suggestions is ofcourse based on earlier interests shown from your ip. So when you type capital P, google knows that you are not intereste in Paris, France but Paris Hilton and no, it's not a hotel!

Re:Cool! Just like form AutoComplete

[mdf356]

It's surviving a slashdotting. What more do you want?

Cheers,
Matt

I can see it now

[Timesprout]

"It looks like you are searching for lesbian porn, would you like some help with that?"

"It looks like you are searching for lesbian porn again, do you remember what I showed you last time?"

"I know, I know, Lesbian porn,and can you rate these pages so I can update my page index?"

"Hello freak, try these"

Yippee! A new source of amusement!

[slcdb]

I got a real kick out of some of the suggestions.

my cat: ... hates you ... breath smells like cat food ... hates me ... is an alien

my girlfried:
(No suggestions, obviously Google is run by a pack of lonely nerds).

my boyfriend: ... is gay ... sucks ... cheated on me ... hates me ... dumped me
(Okay, make that an apparently gay pack of lonely nerds).

darth vader is: ... gay
(A delusional pack of gay nerds?)

Oh, the fun I'll have with this new toy when I'm bored at work.

Re:Yippee! A new source of amusement!

[mldqj]

my girlfried:
(No suggestions, obviously Google is run by a pack of lonely nerds).

No, it's just because you misspelled girlfriend.

Re:I call foul: CENSORSHIP

[recursiv]

I agree with your conclusion, but I just had to stop and point out that you don't condone one-handed sex searching. Hilarious!

Careful though, some pervs our there might think you were talking about wanking, jagging, or otherwise masturbating. (Horrors!) They might not get your true message about amputees.

I keed, I keed. I was just very amused with puritanical way you approached the subject, and that you went the extra step not to condone it.

Try this:

[AEton]

Type in g. Then type o. Then type a. Then type t. Aiyeee! I just wanted goat feeding instructions!