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Google Suggest Dissected, Part II

Posted by michael on from the kudos-for-correct-use-of-complement dept.

Bert690 writes "To complement the recent dissection of Google Suggest's innovative front end, I investigated [Coral Link & mirror] the back end of the system in an effort to determine just how it generates suggestions. Along with some preliminary findings, you'll find a pointer to a program for enumerating all possible suggestions from a given starting point. I found the number of possible suggestions to be surprisingly small considering the immense scope of the web."

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  1. Funny by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Press "p" and the first thing "google suggests" is "Paris Hilton", hmm. Although on a cooler note when yopu press "f" the first suggestion is firefox!

  2. Re:Now that they have Google Suggest by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why does that annoy you? For those of us who can't spell, it's quite helpful.

    You could have put some effort into that statement. How about

    Wy doz that annoi yu? For thoze ov us hu kant spel, its kwite helpfle.

  3. Re:when will they get it? by WesG · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about a Slashdot Suggest - it would score your article as you type it :-)

    yay

  4. Re:Don't think so... by IO+ERROR · · Score: 5, Funny
    Going by that, entering 'B' would bring up Brittney Spears, while in reality, it brings up Best Buy...

    That's because nobody can spell Britney Spears correctly.

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    How am I supposed to fit a pithy, relevant quote into 120 characters?
  5. Re:Weird thing about Google Suggest... by seanadams.com · · Score: 3, Funny

    "grannies and fatties" came up just fine for me....

    What kind of perverted obscure stuff are you looking for?

  6. Re:First Suggestions by ColaMan · · Score: 2, Funny

    911? WTF?

    "Operator, give me the number for 911!.... ah hell, I'll just google for it."

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    You are in a twisty maze of processor lines, all alike.
    There is a lot of hype here.