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dan44762000
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just thinking about what paul simon is upto these days , so went and typed it into google.
googles results have left me a bit well bemused.
anyway i grabbed a screenshot !
check it out.........
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35628083@N03/5204344432/
googles results have left me a bit well bemused.
anyway i grabbed a screenshot !
check it out.........
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35628083@N03/5204344432/
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Instant is deselected but how the heck do you stop it predicting.....I've tried all the usual ways but it still insists on predicting.
I've changed nothing in Firefox so it must be this new Google.
Simple. Just click "instant is on" next to the search button and then click "instant is off" and there you go.
But as soon as eg "c" is entered a list starting with Currys, Comet, CBBC etc is displayed.
Actually I think it is Firefox rather than Google because I just tried IE and it doesn't happen.
To be fair you did type something pretty ambiguous. If you'd typed paul simon singer your results would have been much better.
It reminds me of when my stepmum first got on the internet and wanted to find some sites where she could buy handbags, so she just went on Google and typed bags, nothing else. Then she decided to look for things to do with doll collecting, so she typed big dolls and was amazed by what came back. She's improved now.
Ultimately the more information you provide for your search the better the results will be.
I just use Bing these days anyway. Does the job well enough and makes a nice start page. The suggestions you describe are on by default but can be turned off in preferences if it really bugs you that much.
Google have forgotten that they are a search engine. Understandable when you consider they have their hands full with trying to cement world domination by gathering everyones details via mail, search, YouTube logins, stealing data as they drive past your house taking photos of the streets you live in....
Can't be Firefox fullstop, as I turned off instant and it worked for me. This is why I suggested it.
Don't certain advertisers/sites pay to get bumped up in the google ratings?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW9b6rDiVIo&feature=related
The person has also added a fix for Firefox and Chrome users too.
I hate google too it should have come up with the Beatles- Paul, Simon, Dingo etc.
Thanks very much for that.......cured
What I can't understand is why Firefox changed overnight when there was no update. I knew it was Firefox and not Google because it wasn't happening in IE.