Notes & Commentary

Google’s auto-suggest feature now displays the first search result as the first item in the drop down.

Since the colors in the auto-suggest drop down are the same colors used in the sidebar ads on the results page, my knee-jerk reaction was naturally “how dare you put ads in my auto-suggest!” After a bit more poking, I realized it’s just showing the first search result of the first auto-suggested term as the first option in the auto-suggest.

I’ve never seen a site mix search results with auto-complete functionality, but I’ll be honest: I love it. Google: go give whoever’s idea this was a raise.

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