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Has Google changed searches?

by Lawrie123
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When you entered a misspelled keyword, Google defaulted to the search results for the misspelling and gave you the option of choosing the correct spelling.

It now appears that they default to the correct spelling and you have to choose the option of the misspelling. I doubt if many folk will do this.

How will this affect those who are trying to rank for misspellings? If this is correct will it be worth trying to rank for these keywords?
#changed #google #searches
  • Profile picture of the author tribros
    I don't see any changes. It's still showing "Did you mean:" version for me.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lawrie123
    "Showing results for how to lose weight. Search instead for how to loose weight"

    The above is what I get when I typed in "how to loose weight" without quotation marks.

    Strange!!!
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    • Profile picture of the author terenceyang
      Yes, it seems that G has changed the way it dishes out the results... We just have to see what happens in a few days time.

      If it is true that G has changed the defaults, then Lawrie, thanks for bringing it to our attention least we spent much time and effort trying to rank for misspelled keywords.
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  • Profile picture of the author AdiPurush
    yes, same here but policy is different countrywise i think.

    Originally Posted by Lawrie123 View Post

    When you entered a misspelled keyword, Google defaulted to the search results for the misspelling and gave you the option of choosing the correct spelling.

    It now appears that they default to the correct spelling and you have to choose the option of the misspelling. I doubt if many folk will do this.

    How will this affect those who are trying to rank for misspellings? If this is correct will it be worth trying to rank for these keywords?
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  • Profile picture of the author Lawrie123
    OK. As long as Google.com stays the same we should be OK.
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  • Profile picture of the author seobro
    They have become a little too helpful. For example, giving me results for "sobro" when I type in seobro.
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  • Profile picture of the author Steve Holmes
    Yeah it's true plus - Google caffeine seems to be in full effect! Speed up your websites people..
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  • Profile picture of the author BryanWoodUrns
    it's still doing "did you mean?" for me also.
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