December 13, 2004Google SuggestionsGoogle has launched a new service in Google labs in which keyword suggestions are offered to you as you type your search. According to the F.A.Q. 'Our algorithms use a wide range of information to predict the queries users are most likely to want to see. For example, Google Suggest uses data about the overall popularity of various searches to help rank the refinements it offers. An example of this type of popularity information can be found in the Google Zeitgeist. Google Suggest does not base its suggestions on your personal search history.' Good as all this sounds I must say that I do not find the service very useful since it seems to be working mostly on a popularity basis. The number of results that is also displayed next to each of the keywords is also totally meaningless to someone who just wants results in the search engine result pages and in most cases will not search further than page two, wether the number of results are 2,987,987,000 or 45,000. A thematic categorization and 'splitting' of the results as is becoming more and more common in all the other search engines is yet to appear in Google. Posted by Harry at December 13, 2004 05:19 AMComments
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