The Google Suggest Tool Launched 10th January 2004 in Beta

The Google Suggest Tool Launched 10th January 2004 in Beta. Google continues to come up with , innovative tools that enhance and improve searching the web.  Try it yourself at: http://labs.google.com/suggest

The Google Suggest Beta tool not only completes words in a drop-down list that shows ten possible and or likely ways to complete any word you begin to type in the search box, it shows beside each of those possible word combinations - how many times that option is searched at Google!

What is Google Suggest?
As you type into the search box, Google Suggest guesses what you're typing and offers suggestions in real time. This is similar to Google's "Did you mean?" feature that offers alternative spellings for your query after you search, except that it works in real time. For example, if you type "bass," Google Suggest might offer a list of refinements that include "bass fishing" or "bass guitar." Similarly, if you type in only part of a word, like "progr," Google Suggest might offer you refinements like "programming," "programming languages," "progesterone," or "progressive." You can choose one by scrolling up or down the list with the arrow keys or mouse.

The Google Suggest FAQ answers to frequently asked questïons promise that the auto-complete feature is not based on your surfing or search history. An inevitable concern that arises as you type queries and see the javascrïpt function complete words that you wouldn't otherwise type. A deliberate attempt to search adult terms turns up innocuous word completions and beyond that, appears to filter the most commonly searched phrases on the web. Adult phrases appear (necessarily) not to be completed as it would show things that children using the feature shouldn't see.

One question asked on the Google Suggest FAQ page addresses an odd issue . . . "How do I get back to normal Google?". The answer is simply to type the http://www.google.com URL in the browser address bar.

You must use new browsers in order to use the Google Suggest feature, but it supports Internet Explorer 6.0 (or newer), Netscape 7.1 (or newer), Mozilla 1.4 (or newer), Firefox 0.8 (or newer), Opera 7.54 (or newer), or Apple Safari 1.2.2 (or newer).

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