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Fun fact: if you start typing "Edward Sn..." into Google News, it will not auto-complete it. I don't know if there is an innocuous explanation, but it is consis

Fun fact: if you start typing "Edward Sn..." into Google News, it will not auto-complete it. I don't know if there is an innocuous explanation, but it is consistent with a media that is trying to downplay stories like this.

roc 13y ago
I get "Edward Snowden" as the first suggestion after typing as little as "edw". edit: I'm in the US; My browsers aren't configured to use google for address bar/search box searching. I may have explicitly searched for Snowden via Google at some point, but I don't really use Google for search anymore, so that feels unlikely. Searching directly from www.google.com, I get the suggestion at "edw". Though searching from news.google.com, I don't get an auto-suggestion, even if I type out "Edward Snowden" in its entirety. Amusingly, at "ns" I get "NSA warrantless surveillance controversy" as the first suggestion.
- dllthomas 13y ago
  Google News search box, or browser search bar? I am finding that the former is behaving like the parent comment said, the latter like you say.
  - mladenkovacevic 13y ago
    I get the correct behaviour in both the search bar and the omnibar (edward snowden girlfriend being the second result).. I should not that I am in Canada but I've tried both google.com and google.ca (although I am logged in at the moment so they know where I'm from regardless)
- bowmessage 13y ago
  You must have previously searched it, or maybe aren't in the US? I get the same result as the parent comment though. Very odd.
- drcube 13y ago
  I get instant suggestions for "Edward Snowden" on the main search site, but nothing from Google News. Suggests "Edward Sharpe" until I type the "n", then nothing.
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Torgo 13y ago
What country are you in?
highstep 13y ago
I found the same thing to be true. Rest assured, google news auto-suggest doesn't filter Glee actor Cory Monteith's name.

roc 13y ago

I get "Edward Snowden" as the first suggestion after typing as little as "edw". edit: I'm in the US; My browsers aren't configured to use google for address bar/search box searching. I may have explicitly searched for Snowden via Google at some point, but I don't really use Google for search anymore, so that feels unlikely. Searching directly from www.google.com, I get the suggestion at "edw". Though searching from news.google.com, I don't get an auto-suggestion, even if I type out "Edward Snowden" in its entirety. Amusingly, at "ns" I get "NSA warrantless surveillance controversy" as the first suggestion.

dllthomas 13y ago
Google News search box, or browser search bar? I am finding that the former is behaving like the parent comment said, the latter like you say.
- mladenkovacevic 13y ago
  I get the correct behaviour in both the search bar and the omnibar (edward snowden girlfriend being the second result).. I should not that I am in Canada but I've tried both google.com and google.ca (although I am logged in at the moment so they know where I'm from regardless)
bowmessage 13y ago
You must have previously searched it, or maybe aren't in the US? I get the same result as the parent comment though. Very odd.
drcube 13y ago
I get instant suggestions for "Edward Snowden" on the main search site, but nothing from Google News. Suggests "Edward Sharpe" until I type the "n", then nothing.

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Torgo 13y ago

What country are you in?

highstep 13y ago

I found the same thing to be true. Rest assured, google news auto-suggest doesn't filter Glee actor Cory Monteith's name.