Can you fool Google? Think of a phrase and type it into this page, which is Google's new as-you-type search (aka "Google Suggest"). If you complete the phrase without Google thinking of it first, you win.
I tried:
DC United
Shapley-Shubik (the power index)
before I stumped it with:
"You're not even literate" (A Strong Bad quote from one of my favorite emails.)
Google even guessed a few people's names that I entered: impressive.
"Tell him about the twinkie."
"What about the twinkie?"
-Ghostbusters
As expected, the former (tell him...) did not show up, though "ray, what did you do, ray?" has 278 results. Damn.
Yeah, quotes seem to be hard...I'm really not sure how useful this is, since I'm rarely looking for a general topic. I usually use google to find 1) an answer to a specific question, 2) a document, or 3) to look up a word via the dictionary.com link. Though, occasionally I do look for an organization's website (eg, just looked for ICPSR's), so it would be a bit faster in those situations.
You're exactly right... it will be useful for querying the dizzyingly long names of organizations.
On a side note, if they improve the quotation function, I think it'd be perfect for finding music lyrics. I have a terrible ear, and the fact that it might be able to give me hints would be really helpful.
A great point. At the moment it's not so great.
Found: "There's a Bad Moon on the Rise" (though I believe that's also the title of the song).
Failed: "those promises that we can't keep" (from "If I Am").
Failed: "roaming the forest, lupine and rabid" (from "Call Me Mellow").
So yeah, not so good at the moment.
Google suggested "english coker spaniel" when I typed in my dog's breed...only problem is that he's an english COCKER spaniel.
Cockers from this side of the pond don't get any respect either...the American cocker is also spelled as coker.
Bunch of dog haters.
I thought that was weird when you showed me too..and the fact that American cocker spaniel was misspelt as well got me thinking. One could be a mistake, but two was definitely a conspiracy.
Without going into detail, I think you'll find that Google Suggest filters out "dirty words" and their derivatives. Hence your dog problems.
Actually, to go into some detail and prove the point: Google suggested Eve Ensler correctly, but her famous play did not show up.
In that case, it is clearly time to Reclaim Cun... aw, nevermind. I don't want to get you blacklisted by the Googlites.