Friday 8th January, 2010

My favourite google autocompletes

Google auto-complete was confusing when it first came in. We were used to our browsers showing us a list of our previous search queries and then suddenly instead, it was showing us a list of the world's favourite search queries and we all thought our husbands had been searching for "anne robinson stocking tops."

I've got some favourites, the top two are courtesy of Heather:

My favourite google autocompletes

My favourite google autocompletes

Then there's the worrying fact that people seem more interested in when Orange will get the iPhone, than the world oil crisis:

My favourite google autocompletes

It appears that husbands are less satisfying than wives:

My favourite google autocompletes

Forgetting to get married seems to be more common than forgetting to go to court.

My favourite google autocompletes

And if you committed manslaughter, exactly how is Google supposed to help?

My favourite google autocompletes

6 Comments

When I type in "Why Won" I get the suggestion of "why wont my parakeet eat diarrhea?" It's a good question...

Posted by H on Tuesday 12th January, 2010 at 17:09

Try "Why does" arf arf

Posted by H on Tuesday 12th January, 2010 at 17:39

Why *would* a parakeet eat diarrhea?

Posted by Sha on Tuesday 12th January, 2010 at 17:50

I typed '"Why does" arf arf' Duh!

Posted by Sha on Tuesday 12th January, 2010 at 17:52

Now when you type "Why does arf arf" into google with quotation marks, your site is the first (and only) thing that comes up. Well done me!

Posted by Helen D on Monday 22nd February, 2010 at 17:25

Yes, thanks to the above comments happening to be on the sidebar of my blog for many weeks, Google now thinks that "Arf" is an important keyword.

I hope we're not detracting from the Animal Rescue Fund. Think of the poor kitten when somebody searches for "Only ARF can save my cat" and instead ends up directed to a post about knitted willy warmers!

Posted by Sha on Monday 22nd February, 2010 at 20:48

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