Google Suggest will be “graduating” from Labs and available by default on the Google.com homepage. Over the next week, they’ll be rolling this out so that more and more of you will start seeing a list of query suggestions when you start typing into the search box.
The Google Suggest feature originally started as a 20% project in 2004, and has since expanded to Google Labs, Toolbar, Firefox search box, Maps and Web Search for select countries, the iPhone and BlackBerry, YouTube, and now Google.com. Special thanks to my teammates Miki Herscovici (Tech Lead), Uri Bernstein, and the rest of the engineering team in Haifa for their hard work in making this happen.
– Jennifer Liu, Product Manager,The Official Google Blog
By providing suggestions upfront, now Google search will become more efficient and convenient. Below are some great ways Google Suggest can help simplify your searching.
Help formulate queries: Instead of just typing [hotels in Washington] – did you want [hotels in Washington dc] or [hotels in Washington state]? Don’t remember that song title or person’s name? Let Google help you search.
Reduce spelling errors: Since suggestions are spell-corrected using the same “Did you mean?” feature that offers alternative spellings for your query after you search, misspellings and typos can be corrected ahead of time. Instead of wasting your time with a misspelled query like [new yrok times] or [tomorow never dies], search the first time with the correctly-spelled query.
So what are you waiting for? Give it a try. Start typing in a query on Google.com to see Google Suggest in action!
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Google primarily provides search and advertising services, which together aim to organize and monetize the world’s information. In addition to its dominant search engine, it offers a plethora of tools and platforms including its more popular products: Gmail, Maps and YouTube. Most of its Web-based products are free because Google makes its money from highly integrated online advertising through its AdWords and AdSense platforms. Google promotes the idea that advertising should be highly targeted and relevant to users thus providing them with a rich source of information.
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