Google Suggest

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Was just trying out Google's new search tool - Google Suggest Beta - http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en...hmmm...quite nice!

[Pauly]

Yea, Google really are stepping up the search industry now. MSN will have a lot to compete with. Also, have you noticed when you go to google.com it forwards you to your national domain, eg. google.co.uk

[Alex]

Very very nice and useful.

Yea, Google really are stepping up the search industry

I think Google is the future of the search industry. These guys had more innovative ideas in the past years then Yahoo and MSN combined together.

[the_pm]

Yea, Google really are stepping up the search industry now. MSN will have a lot to compete with. Also, have you noticed when you go to google.com it forwards you to your national domain, eg. google.co.uk
Is that a good thing? The returned results are different. Why can't they just let you go to the site to which you want to go?

[Alex]

Well they have a link to Google.com, it remembers if you last went on .com or you country domain and redirects you there.

[the_pm]

Ahh, I see. There's no Google.us - at least not of which I'm aware, so we don't see that over here.

[daniel]

i like it, seams better than the current google, - i only use google to search, dont like msn or ask etc

[Pauly]

Is that a good thing? The returned results are different. Why can't they just let you go to the site to which you want to go?

They're only different if you click search 'UK Pages Only'. You can still search globally ;)

[the_pm]

Is that a good thing? The returned results are different. Why can't they just let you go to the site to which you want to go?

They're only different if you click search 'UK Pages Only'. You can still search globally ;)
I was under the impression that doing a global search from the UK site returned different ranks than using the .com version. All of the same sites are indexed, but Google determines relevancy differently on the .co.uk site. Am I wrong?

[Pauly]

When you're on the UK site you get something like attached, therefore you yourself are determining the relevancy of worldwide or UK.

I always had the same results searching the '.com search' and the '.co.uk web search', so unless they changed it (Which I doubt because it would make it pointless to forward to your national), it should work the same and return the same results ...

Do a search on the .com for "Motives" and tell me the top 2 results.

For UK Web it's


.MOTIVES FESTIVAL.
www.motivesfestival.com/ - 4k - Cached - Similar pages

Gay Marriage: The Arguments and the Motives
Gay Marriage: The Arguments and the Motives. ... Where's the outrage? Of course there isn't any, and that lack of outrage betrays their real motives. ...
www.bidstrup.com/marriage.htm - 44k - Cached - Similar pages


Also Paul, www.google.us

[Jamie]

That is certainly an improvement but it doesn't seem to take the phrases from it's results, try entering warley, warley scout (my site) does not appear or search for PLH media.

[Pauly]

PLH Media
PLH Media has been helping businesses, organizations and individuals build stronger
relationships through Web and print communication since 2000. ...
www.plhmedia.com/ - 4k - Cached - Similar pages

PLH Media : Services : Web Hosting
Web Hosting. PLH Hosting, a subsidiary of PLH Media, offers fast, reliable
Web hosting packages ranging from $6-21/mo. All packages ...
www.plhmedia.com/web_hosting.html - 5k - Cached - Similar pages

Top 2

And for your scout group;


The official website of the 18th Warley Scout Group
The official website of the 18th Warley Scout group, Calderdale West, West Yorkshire. ...
Hello and welcome to the bigger and better 18th Warley Scouts web site. ...
www.warleyscouts.org.uk/ - 8k - 12 Dec 2004 - Cached - Similar pages

18th Warley Scout Group, Scouts what we do!
... reading skills just to name a few. All together they are xx pages packed
with useful information. Copyright © 2003 Warley Scouts.
webcom.squirrelserver.co.uk/18thwarley/scouts_wwd.html - 6k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

Both searches under 'Web' on the .co.uk site ...

[Jamie]

I was referring to the drop down list of possible values Paul on the new beta version.

[Pauly]

Ohhhhh ;) I got ya!! But the most searched and indexed would be there, they can't possibly put all the sites there, also you can still type what you want to search, it's just annoying that it changes the "typed" letters to the top suggestion whilst you're typing, may confuse some and make them stop typing ...

[Jamie]

Yeah. I am sure though they would be open for comments seen as though it is Beta. (Or have Google gone past the small, cosy company stage that really care about their 'customers' comments?)

[Pauly]

I don't think they're past it, and I hope they never will be. Shoot off an email and see what they say, they've always replied to mine although sometimes it took upto 2 weeks, but that's quite good considering the volume they must get per day ...