[ALUG] [Somewhat OT] a Google question

[(Ted Harding)]

On 21-May-08 14:49:10, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 15:32 +0100, Chris G wrote:
>> Has anyone else been annoyed/frustrated by Google asking "Did you
>> mean: " and then, whether you like it or not, searching for what it
>> thinks you meant rather than what you actually typed?
>> 
>> I'm sure it didn't used to do this, it quite reasonably asked the
> "Did you mean: " but then actually searched for what you entered.
> 
> I was under the impression that it only did that if your original
> search returned no results. Otherwise I think it just prompts the
> "Did you mean" bit but does the original search.
> 
> For example search for "nessasary"

Rectal medication overlaps with break, so take a pee.

That being said, my experience seems to tally with Wayne's.

Ted.

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