One of the big problems in search is trying to figure out exactly what the user is looking for. So Google has rolled out a tool to help with that.
Google Suggest is designed to help people come up with better queries, reducing spelling errors along the way, according to an IDG story in The New York Times.
Apparently it is a sort of "Did you mean" feature before you even get it typed.
According to this Reuters blog, when the writer typed "M," it suggested MySpace. When he wrote "Mic," it suggested Michael Phelps. And by the time he got to "Micr," it decided he wanted Microsoft.
The company says the suggestions are based on the most common searches across the Web, not on an individual user's searches.
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