August 27, 2008 at 12:25Google Suggest will work by default
As expected , the Google Suggest query prediction system will finally appear on the main page of google.com, as announced on the official Google blog today . After four years of development at Google Labs and numerous tests, the system is finally ready for full implementation.
The system will launch gradually over the next week, but in the end, absolutely all visitors to Google will see this feature.
At the time of its development in 2004, the Google Suggest feature was an unprecedented innovation. Autocomplete the search string using a script that real-time makes a selection from the database of the most popular queries - this was very unusual for a web service. However, the refinement of the functionality took too much time. Now this feature has already been implemented in the Google Toolbar, Youtube and other services. Moreover, even some competitors (Ask.com, Yahoo) have similar developments. So today, such a feature is unlikely to surprise anyone.
If you do not want to use the tips of the "collective mind", then the Google Suggest option can be disabled on the settings page .
The system will launch gradually over the next week, but in the end, absolutely all visitors to Google will see this feature.
At the time of its development in 2004, the Google Suggest feature was an unprecedented innovation. Autocomplete the search string using a script that real-time makes a selection from the database of the most popular queries - this was very unusual for a web service. However, the refinement of the functionality took too much time. Now this feature has already been implemented in the Google Toolbar, Youtube and other services. Moreover, even some competitors (Ask.com, Yahoo) have similar developments. So today, such a feature is unlikely to surprise anyone.
If you do not want to use the tips of the "collective mind", then the Google Suggest option can be disabled on the settings page .