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I recently discovered, and confirmed from several different machines that it's not just my own account, that if I google 'channel', a perfectly standard English

• boomboomsubban 3y ago
  If ten people search "channel" a day and a thousand search "Chanel," that makes sense. It still gave you results for "channel." I dislike Google, but I bet more people find that "did you mean" helpful than annoying, mostly as I can't think of a reason to regularly search "channel."
  • bluefirebrand 3y ago
    Yeah, I can't think of any real reason to search for "channel" either. Now "What channel is the Habs-Leafs game on" is more likely, and hopefully it doesn't find Hockey inspired Chanel ads.
• bluefirebrand 3y ago
  It is probably an extremely common mistake from people who are actually searching for Chanel. It's possible that people searching for the single word "channel" are more often actually searching for Chanel and being frustrated instead of actually searching for whatever is returned for Channel. Not sure why I felt the need to play Devil's Advocate for Google of all things but there you are I guess.
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