* I find it rather useful, especially for common mistakes/misspellings. |
I can't see that, even by adding "&hl=en&gl=us" to the URL. It might be useful for people unaware about this. |
I have been having this for ages, but without the "Top 2 Results Shown" text for certain keywords... I thought it was a feature |
I've been seeing this for a little while (been making spelling mistakes daily for years – I use google as my spell check – if I don't know how to spell a word i pop it into Google and take the "Did you mean" word – lol)
must've have gone live a few weeks ago |
I hate the "Did you mean...Top 2 results shown" feature. This feature makes searching google very misleading. By showing results that I didn't ask for, google assumes that they know what I want better than I know what I want. Top links get featured, reinforcing link hierarchy and making it harder for users to find lower ranked links, *even when users entered the correct search terms for those links*!
It's like google is saying that their engine is smarter than people. Sure we might occasionally make spelling errors, so the original "Did you mean..." link was useful. But the "Top 2 results shown" feature usually buries the results I really wanted and it undermines the google democracy. |