Google Instant Search? REALLY?! Why is this the result???
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First, this is one I thought I would never ask, but: Could this be true?
I had noticed my MacBook Pro was eating some power and wanted to see if I could optimize my settings so to take advantage what battery life was available. (I swear that is the truth). So, I am at a Starbucks on someone and typed into Google search bar the following query -
Best way to conserve - and, received the following instant search results before I could type - power on a macbook pro
I am not putting it here as I want you to ask yourself what came up. I have attached a screenshot.
My colleague arrived and without prompting she retried and got the same. So I am curious:
Do you get the same result and why do you think that result is so predominant?
This is funny.
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Ha, I was joking. Its not offensive but I can only imagine what other searches are showing up with sometimes.
I'm in NYC.
Sorry with late response, Sandy and slowed my internet resources.
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This just gets better and better. Hmmmm, I wonder, does the fact that a blogger writing about "conserving weed" make them a "conservative blogger?".......I really have to go search that to see what I get.....
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I just read this this week:
http://googlesystem.blogspot.ca/2012/10/google-instant-shows-suggestions-from.html
In the article they say, "_Google Instant suggestions used to only include popular queries. Last year, Google started to show dynamic suggestions _for the last words of your query. Now Google's suggestions seem to include excerpts from web pages."
If this is true then it doesn't mean that lots of people are searching for how to conserve weed but rather, lots of people are writing about it.
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Looks like people in New Zealand also want to conserve weed - of the illegal variety. However when 'searching in NZ only' we are only concerned with how to destroy the everyday weeds from our gardens.
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Yes, searches done from "the plex" are weighted thousands of times over in determining the instant results.
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Well put Bryan,
Certainly doesn't offend me either, but not much does... Just easier to live that way.....
It is funny given that the algo is serving it up you have to wonder, are folks really needing to work on conserving their stash? What about hydroponics? Etc. Heck, maybe I just came up with a new site for affiliates of hydroponics!!!!
Thanks
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I sincerely apologize for having offended, I will speak with Sergey as I think its his fault...
Larry.
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Right! This is far from offensive, in fact since majority of people are searching for it, I would be offended if Google hid it.
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Same from here in Austria.
Same from Germany (just pinged a friend from Germany to see his results).
It's world wide.
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Come on ! That'snot offensive. It's based on what people search. Do you need fake suggestions ?
Try searching for:
americans are ...
germans are ...
austrians are ...
Then you will see some offensive suggestions
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Why is this offensive? It's based on an algorithm. It's not Google's fault what the majority of people are searching for within the US.
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Take a look at the auto-suggest for simply "the best way to" - "weed" is still in the picture. I was curious if I put in "related searches" what I would get...Apparently there are a lot of fat people with fleas who want to get high, predict the future and ask a girl to homecoming.
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Everybody getting "weed" is in a green state.
Where are you searching from William?
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Hah! That's really funny!
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I got 'WEED'. I do not smoke pot at all and this is offensive!
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On Google.nl, searching from within Holland you will get as suggestion "mac book pro battery" for sure
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Oh great, you gave it away! Funny as hell. I am guessing with the recession, wars, elections and baby boomers that pot is needing to be conserved more and more every day!
This cracked me up. I knew everyone was going to say, what have you been searching on?!?
So, how are you conserving...?
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Perhaps you have your personal setting on
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OMG!
I just typed in... "best way to conserve"..... and the query was completed with "WEED" !
WTF?
Maybe they can tell you are in Starbucks and that I am in WV?
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Got the same as you.
Surely this is coming up due to the volume of search queries for that sentence?
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