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	<title>Comments on: Is Google Getting Too Pushy with Search Suggestions and&#160;Modifications?</title>
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		<title>By: ASKSEO</title>
		<link>http://www.searchenginejournal.com/is-google-getting-too-pushy-with-search-suggestions-and-modifications/8759/comment-page-1/#comment-1104584</link>
		<dc:creator>ASKSEO</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I also find it somewhat distracting and wish there was someway you could turn it of if you wanted to.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I also find it somewhat distracting and wish there was someway you could turn it of if you wanted to.</p>
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		<title>By: GL</title>
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		<dc:creator>GL</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We are living in the age of software arrogance. Google&#039;s services are among the most hard-coded, rigid, option-lacking of anything on the internet. Thanks google liberals. Thanks socialism.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are living in the age of software arrogance. Google&#8217;s services are among the most hard-coded, rigid, option-lacking of anything on the internet. Thanks google liberals. Thanks socialism.</p>
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		<title>By: soybean</title>
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		<dc:creator>soybean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why bother with google  search when there are so many other options.
copernic
webferret

Try the others to get result.

soybean</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why bother with google  search when there are so many other options.<br />
copernic<br />
webferret</p>
<p>Try the others to get result.</p>
<p>soybean</p>
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		<title>By: Gwen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gwen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry - I put in the wrong url - how embarrassing

http://www.websearchguide.ca/netblog/archives/008340.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry &#8211; I put in the wrong url &#8211; how embarrassing</p>
<p><a href="http://www.websearchguide.ca/netblog/archives/008340.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.websearchguide.ca/netblog/archives/008340.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Gwen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gwen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Ann,

Thanks for those two examples. I thought it was grand when Google began doing singular /plural/and some variants automatically - and if I didn&#039;t want it, I could use + to turn it off. As you point out, that&#039;s no longer a sure thing.  That Google could find the one word form of a compounded word was good too - and that is now compromised. I began looking at this in more detail and did up my own post at http://www.searchenginejournal.com/is-google-getting-too-pushy-with-search-suggestions-and-modifications/8759/ - where we can see how Google handles the word by-laws in all its forms and that order of words can make a big difference.

Google and other engines are moving away from exact word match in attempts to divine meaning - and it may backfire.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Ann,</p>
<p>Thanks for those two examples. I thought it was grand when Google began doing singular /plural/and some variants automatically &#8211; and if I didn&#8217;t want it, I could use + to turn it off. As you point out, that&#8217;s no longer a sure thing.  That Google could find the one word form of a compounded word was good too &#8211; and that is now compromised. I began looking at this in more detail and did up my own post at <a href="http://www.searchenginejournal.com/is-google-getting-too-pushy-with-search-suggestions-and-modifications/8759/" rel="nofollow">http://www.searchenginejournal.com/is-google-getting-too-pushy-with-search-suggestions-and-modifications/8759/</a> &#8211; where we can see how Google handles the word by-laws in all its forms and that order of words can make a big difference.</p>
<p>Google and other engines are moving away from exact word match in attempts to divine meaning &#8211; and it may backfire.</p>
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		<title>By: Øyvind Michaelsen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Øyvind Michaelsen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just a tip: Try

googlesearch -&quot;google search&quot;
 
..to get what you want. I use the minus sign all the time to filter out irrelevant results.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just a tip: Try</p>
<p>googlesearch -&#8221;google search&#8221;</p>
<p>..to get what you want. I use the minus sign all the time to filter out irrelevant results.</p>
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		<title>By: Marjory</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marjory</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Ann,

Great post and it isn&#039;t just causing problems for searchers (although that might be the part that Google will notice). There have been a couple of reports of sites that have very similar names to more popular brands that are no longer able to get first position for their name - and this isn&#039;t just because they were trying to piggyback off the more popular brand.  I noticed it when I was looking for GoRank&#039;s Tools (try searching for gorank) and wrote about it here: http://www.morevisibility.com/seoblog/googles-algorithm-update-for-misspelled-words-a-big-change-for-seo.html.  If Aaron Wall is right about Google&#039;s new &quot;guess what I mean&quot; algorithm: http://www.seobook.com/google-branding, I&#039;m guessing that I don&#039;t like it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Ann,</p>
<p>Great post and it isn&#8217;t just causing problems for searchers (although that might be the part that Google will notice). There have been a couple of reports of sites that have very similar names to more popular brands that are no longer able to get first position for their name &#8211; and this isn&#8217;t just because they were trying to piggyback off the more popular brand.  I noticed it when I was looking for GoRank&#8217;s Tools (try searching for gorank) and wrote about it here: <a href="http://www.morevisibility.com/seoblog/googles-algorithm-update-for-misspelled-words-a-big-change-for-seo.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.morevisibility.com/seoblog/googles-algorithm-update-for-misspelled-words-a-big-change-for-seo.html</a>.  If Aaron Wall is right about Google&#8217;s new &#8220;guess what I mean&#8221; algorithm: <a href="http://www.seobook.com/google-branding" rel="nofollow">http://www.seobook.com/google-branding</a>, I&#8217;m guessing that I don&#8217;t like it.</p>
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		<title>By: SEObetty</title>
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		<dc:creator>SEObetty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ann,

Thanks for bringing this topic to our attention. 

These sorts of practices stink for site owners *and* Google users. If you know what terms your intended visitors are using, how are you supposed to optimize for those when you never know how Google is going to interpret searches for those terms? 

And, as a user, I&#039;m always offended whenever Google (or any other service provider, for that matter) acts is if they know what I want better than I do. 

We should trust users to know what they want.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ann,</p>
<p>Thanks for bringing this topic to our attention. </p>
<p>These sorts of practices stink for site owners *and* Google users. If you know what terms your intended visitors are using, how are you supposed to optimize for those when you never know how Google is going to interpret searches for those terms? </p>
<p>And, as a user, I&#8217;m always offended whenever Google (or any other service provider, for that matter) acts is if they know what I want better than I do. </p>
<p>We should trust users to know what they want.</p>
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		<title>By: Janos</title>
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		<dc:creator>Janos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ann, 

I hold the same opinion on that. Once you turn it off it gets back again. I hate it. Janos</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ann, </p>
<p>I hold the same opinion on that. Once you turn it off it gets back again. I hate it. Janos</p>
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		<title>By: Lohith</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lohith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ann,

I am highly unimpressive with google  search suggest. It will completely distract for what I am really looking for.

Google cant collect &quot;rising search queries&quot; in near future .

Google has been successfully showing relevant content for search queries. Having said this  most of the visitors ( non SEOs) opt for suggestions and they feel unsatisfied.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ann,</p>
<p>I am highly unimpressive with google  search suggest. It will completely distract for what I am really looking for.</p>
<p>Google cant collect &#8220;rising search queries&#8221; in near future .</p>
<p>Google has been successfully showing relevant content for search queries. Having said this  most of the visitors ( non SEOs) opt for suggestions and they feel unsatisfied.</p>
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