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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: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

  3. 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?
  4. 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?