Comments on: Firefox first suggestion for “f” http://www.squarefree.com/2004/12/10/firefox-first-suggestion-for-f/ Jesse Ruderman on Firefox, security, and more Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:26:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Papuass http://www.squarefree.com/2004/12/10/firefox-first-suggestion-for-f/#comment-971 Papuass Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/test/wp15/wordpress/?p=196#comment-971 No, it is not. Seems that Google guys have some special love to Firefox. Free games, Ford and Flowers are more popular. No, it is not. Seems that Google guys have some special love to Firefox. Free games, Ford and Flowers are more popular.

]]> By: Milly http://www.squarefree.com/2004/12/10/firefox-first-suggestion-for-f/#comment-972 Milly Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/test/wp15/wordpress/?p=196#comment-972 Other factors :- <a href="http://labs.google.com/suggest/faq.html#q2">http://labs.google.com/suggest/faq.html#q2</a> "That's pretty cool. How does it do that? Our algorithms use a wide range of information to predict the queries users are most likely to want to see. For example, Google Suggest uses data about the overall popularity of various searches to help rank the refinements it offers. An example of this type of popularity information can be found in the Google Zeitgeist. Google Suggest does not base its suggestions on your personal search history." I guess Firefox is hot at the moment, so heads the list despite having far fewer results than Ford or flowers. "o" finds Oprah, but it takes "op" to find Opera (and then, still behind Oprah). Spybot heads the "s" list, but sex isn't there at all. iPod beats Internet Explorer in the "i" list, but both are beaten by Ikea. What can it all mean? ;) (I suppose a tiresome SEO sub-industry will flourish on this stuff ... ) Other factors :-

http://labs.google.com/suggest/faq.html#q2

“That’s pretty cool. How does it do that?
Our algorithms use a wide range of information to predict the queries users are most likely to want to see. For example, Google Suggest uses data about the overall popularity of various searches to help rank the refinements it offers. An example of this type of popularity information can be found in the Google Zeitgeist. Google Suggest does not base its suggestions on your personal search history.”

I guess Firefox is hot at the moment, so heads the list despite having far fewer results than Ford or flowers. “o” finds Oprah, but it takes “op” to find Opera (and then, still behind Oprah).

Spybot heads the “s” list, but sex isn’t there at all. iPod beats Internet Explorer in the “i” list, but both are beaten by Ikea.

What can it all mean? ;)

(I suppose a tiresome SEO sub-industry will flourish on this stuff … )

]]> By: Robert O'Callahan http://www.squarefree.com/2004/12/10/firefox-first-suggestion-for-f/#comment-973 Robert O'Callahan Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/test/wp15/wordpress/?p=196#comment-973 > Seems that Google guys have some special love to > Firefox. Free games, Ford and Flowers are more > popular. Those numbers on the right are the number of hits, not the popularity. > Seems that Google guys have some special love to
> Firefox. Free games, Ford and Flowers are more
> popular.

Those numbers on the right are the number of hits, not the popularity.

]]> By: Ted Mielczarek http://www.squarefree.com/2004/12/10/firefox-first-suggestion-for-f/#comment-974 Ted Mielczarek Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/test/wp15/wordpress/?p=196#comment-974 Holy crap, I just looked at the javascript source: <a href="http://www.google.com/ac.js">http://www.google.com/ac.js</a> I really hope they're using a javascript compression program and not programming like that. :) Holy crap, I just looked at the javascript source: http://www.google.com/ac.js

I really hope they’re using a javascript compression program and not programming like that. :)

]]> By: KDS http://www.squarefree.com/2004/12/10/firefox-first-suggestion-for-f/#comment-975 KDS Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/test/wp15/wordpress/?p=196#comment-975 Did you notice that when you type something and the probable phrases appear, you cannot hold down the DOWN ARROW key and scroll down. You have to scroll down one-by-one :( Google and their heavy Javascript. I almost get a crash on blogger.com every day!! Did you notice that when you type something and the probable phrases appear, you cannot hold down the DOWN ARROW key and scroll down. You have to scroll down one-by-one :(

Google and their heavy Javascript. I almost get a crash on blogger.com every day!!

]]> By: Joost Schuur http://www.squarefree.com/2004/12/10/firefox-first-suggestion-for-f/#comment-976 Joost Schuur Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/test/wp15/wordpress/?p=196#comment-976 First hit for 's' is spybot and not.. well.. you'd expect 'sex' to be a much more common search. Amusing: 't' is 'Tara Reid' and 'r' is 'recipe', 'p' is 'Paris Hilton'. A lot of companies in there too: ebay, amazon, best buy, ups, yahoo, ikea. First hit for ’s’ is spybot and not.. well.. you’d expect ’sex’ to be a much more common search.

Amusing: ‘t’ is ‘Tara Reid’ and ‘r’ is ‘recipe’, ‘p’ is ‘Paris Hilton’.

A lot of companies in there too: ebay, amazon, best buy, ups, yahoo, ikea.

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