This is a discussion on Google Search - Did you mean....? within the Webmaster Discussion forums, part of the Webmaster Help category; If you have an usually worded domain/search-term which throws up the 'Did you mean whatever '? phrase in Google, how ...
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| According to: Google Help : Search Features "Google's spell checking software automatically looks at your query and checks to see if you are using the most common version of a word's spelling. If it calculates that you're likely to generate more relevant search results with an alternative spelling, it will ask "Did you mean: (more common spelling)?". Clicking on the suggested spelling will launch a Google search for that term. Because Google's spell check is based on occurrences of all words on the Internet, it is able to suggest common spellings for proper nouns (names and places) that might not appear in a standard spell check program or dictionary. " Also, Adding a keyword to Google "Did you mean" I did a bit of research on this a while back. Basically, the version that occurs on more indexed pages gets priority. |
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| No problem, I know where you are coming from. A search for "Search Engine Optimisation Ireland" on Google is a perfect example of this. Annoying as hell. |
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| May have something to do with this, Quote:
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| Now those results would drive me mad if that was my name. Last edited by Gavin; 13-03-2007 at 10:15 PM. Reason: better wording.. |
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