It would be good if we could for each suggestion first run the query and see if it yields any results that wouldn't trigger the suggestion engine again (because it not only depends on the query, but also on the quality of the results, i.e. Did you mean... is always performed *after* the search). Unfortunately, we currently don't have the resources to do so, thus we use heuristics which mostly work, but not always..
As for comparison with Google, they are a multi-billion company specializing in search, while our Did you mean.. algorithm was essentially invented and coded in my spare time.
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On 19/06/11 00:58, jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Aomiz+Sucharat says Did you mean: Aomiz Suchart so we click it, and then we are asked Did you mean: Aziz Suharto
Having been used to Google™, one feels a little like "goose chase".
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