Tag: SUGGEST

It's pretty common for Google to revise its suggestion blacklist, adding in new terms that the company feels shouldn't appear. With the most recent update, you'll no longer see terms related to downloading -- terms such as torrent, RapidShare, and Megaupload. Why? Google, indexing torrent sites and facilitating piracy, has been given plenty of flack from just about anyone with a copyright. ...

Ever wish you could leverage the power of Google Suggest anywhere? I'm going to guess no, but still -- autocompletion is a thing of beauty when it works well. It can be a real time saver, too, especially for computer users whose keyboarding speed is less-than-blinding. Those users might want to check out Google Scribe, a slick new Labs offering that brings Google's suggestion magic to any ...

Ok, I know all the cool kids like to take shots at Internet Explorer. Heck, I'll admit it -- I've done it myself. And yes, I do prefer using Google Chrome. But there's something I just don't like about the way Google plans to get Chrome Frame onto users' systems. Group Product Manager Mike Smith and Software Engineer Alex Russell told TechCrunch that Google "won't be explicitly advertising ...

Since I've dumped Apple's email client for Gmail, I've come to miss a few minor features like having images accompany contacts in my address book and the emails I receive from them in the email app itself. As of yesterday, this is one feature I can scratch off my Gmail wishlist, as Google announced they are now rolling out contact pictures to Gmail, with some special sauce to boot. Not only will ...

Okay, I'm kidding about the "TM" part (I think), but Google engineer Jon McAlister spent some of his 20% time to build a Google Suggest-like interface into Google News, providing you "with search suggestions specific to news in your country, in real time, while you type." So this sort of Ajax trickery is much less impressive than it was back in 2004, but I think it's pretty ...