Search autofill or auto guess. By the second letter of your query entry, Google Suggest, starts making suggestions and includes the number of references available. This should be especially helpful if you are not quite sure of your spelling, the best search string to use, or the exact description of your desired bit of information.
Another way to spin out cobwebs…..some of this stuff is getting too damn fun.
Via Dan Gillmor.
All you cat bloggers out there will be disappointed to learn that cats finished 3rd in Google’s October listing of the most popular animal searches. Dogs were first followed closely by dragons. Cats were far behind and barely edged out puppies and horses. So why do I find so few dogs and dragons for the Friday Ark?
For the politically inclined In October kerry beat bush in the category of popular news queries (though bush currently leads kerry by about 3.6 million Google listings)
For more interesting Google search stuff check out the Google Zeitgeist.
Via Marginal Revolution.
That motto takes on ever more expensive trappings. The completists among you can now add the Philips HeartStart Home Automated External Defibrillator (AED) to your tool kit. As OneMansOpinion notes:
You need one of these — to satisfy your ER jones during the off-season, perhaps.He has a bit more to say about Philips products as well.
According to the new MSN search engine (beta) Google is more evil than satan.
Google has surged from #4 to #1 in the results since the Presurfer noted this tidbit earlier today.
Update: Shopiere experiments with “software monopoly.”
Tired of your tiny url. Make it a huge one.
You can go to The Presurfer to see how huge.