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How autocomplete works:
Where the predictions come from
As you type, autocomplete predicts and displays queries to choose from. The search queries that you see as part of autocomplete are a reflection of the search activity of all web users and the content of web pages indexed by Google.
Sure, other people searched those things but what’s displayed is based heavily on your search history and pages you visit that has Google Analytics (a lot of sites).
If I searched frequently for positive Halo related things and visited threads praising 343i and Halo 4, the autocomplete suggestions will be filled with queries such as “Halo 4 is the best game ever.”
> Sure, other people searched those things but what’s displayed is based heavily on your search history.
Nope. Apart from the Google+ profiles that may appear, all of the predicted queries that are shown in the drop-down list have been typed previously by Google users or appear on the web.
> Sure, other people searched those things but what’s displayed is based heavily on your search history.
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> If I searched frequently for positive Halo related things, the autocomplete suggestions will be filled with queries such as “Halo 4 is the best game ever.”
> > Sure, other people searched those things but what’s displayed is based heavily on your search history.
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> Nope. Apart from the Google+ profiles that may appear, all of the predicted queries that are shown in the drop-down list have been typed previously by Google users or appear on the web.
I didn’t say they came with queries out of thin air. There are tons of users who have searched for positive Halo 4 queries. They choose which to display based on keywords in the query.
> > > Sure, other people searched those things but what’s displayed is based heavily on your search history.
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> > Nope. Apart from the Google+ profiles that may appear, all of the predicted queries that are shown in the drop-down list have been typed previously by Google users or appear on the web.
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> I didn’t say they came with queries out of thin air. There are tons of users who have searched for positive Halo 4 queries. They choose which to display based on keywords in the query.
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> Here’s what it shows up for me. (See the last suggestion?)
Yes, they do. The queries are predicting what you are going to write, based on search activity.
I started the sentences with the exact same keywords and the queries (Opinions) varied extremely from game to game. Although this is does not give an exactly representation of what the population like, it’s the best we can get as the Halo Community.
