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This happens to me frequently. I've also noticed that sometimes the "Did you mean [this]?" or "Search instead for [this]" don't show up anymore, which can be a
by stephaniepier 11y ago
This happens to me frequently. I've also noticed that sometimes the "Did you mean [this]?" or "Search instead for [this]" don't show up anymore, which can be a big problem. As an example, it's difficult to find information on the company "Amazone" because Google insists on correcting it to Amazon. Usually putting things in quotes fixes it, but it's annoying when I know what I want to search for and Google keeps assuming I want something else.
- theseatoms 11y agoI mean... Amazone should probably change their name.
- gherkin0 11y agoIs it this Amazone? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazonen-Werke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazonen-Werke > the company was founded in 1883 I'm reminded of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADgS_vMGgzY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADgS_vMGgzY
- stephaniepier 11y agoYeah that's the one I had in mind.
- SixSigma 11y agoWhen I search for Amazone the only result for Amazon is one for a product called Amazone. All the rest are Amazone domain names or Amazone the movie
- fixermark 11y agoIf you are logged in to Google, and search for Amazone, then click the "search instead for Amazone" option, Google should remember your preference the next time you search.
- stephaniepier 11y agoInteresting, I just tried that. It's been a long time since I've searched for Amazone (that was just the first example that came to mind) but I don't remember seeing that in the past.
- soared 11y agoExcept that in 99% of cases, Google is correct. The pure volume of people mistyping Amazon is good enough reason to autocorrect "Amazone." You know what you want to search for. So tell google what you want, "Amazone." I don't see how you can complain when you have the solution to the problem, don't use it, and are an incredibly niche (<1%) case.
- swe 11y agoLove to see where you found that 99% figure
- soared 11y agoLook it up on adwords if you want more specific data, but this chart showsit https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=amazon%2C%20amazone&cmpt=q&tz=Etc%2FGMT%2B7 https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=amazon%2C%20amazone&...
- epimetheus 11y agoYeah, this works for me by just clicking "Search Instead for Amazone" - it even remembers it next time for me - I also was easily able to strip out Amazon results by adding -Amazon to the query.
- CaptSpify 11y agoFor me, the frustration is that quotes usually fix it, but definitely not always. Also, they don't always tell you that they are auto-correcting. I agree that it's niche and, as he's the outlier, he should have to work around the system, but that's only true if the system is, for lack of a better term, "honest", which it isn't always.
- stephaniepier 11y agoAgreed. I should have emphasized that usually quotes fix it. They don't seem to every time for some reason.
- stephaniepier 11y ago