Google Being Sarcastic To Me :(

[T0PS3O]

I was posting a reply here on DP and wrote neglible, realizing it wasn't the correct spelling because it looked funny. As I always do in such situations, I enter the my funny variation into Google's search and retrieve the correct spelling (FYI: neglegible).

So I went: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=neglible

I hope you can re-create what I got as the search variation suggestion:

Originally Posted by Google The Sarcast

(3 normal results here)
See results for: dictionary

Dictionary.com
Free online dictionary search, translator, word of the day, crossword puzzles
and word games, and vocabulary learning resources for many languages.
dictionary.reference.com/

1-0 for Google I guess!

[BrianR2]

Yes, they suggested I look in the dictionary also.

[T0PS3O]

It's like those forum bastards who keep saying "use the search" instead of giving a direct answer

[dilute]

Heh that's unusual. Imagine if it was a link to froogle for dictionary.

[disgust]

funny thing is, I wasn't sure how to spell it when I was replying to you after I saw your spelling so I just assumed you were right and went with that

[T0PS3O]

Thanks for getting me to do the hard work and getting laughed at by big G!

[chewbacca]

Originally Posted by T0PS3O

the correct spelling (FYI: neglegible)

I think it's "negligible."

What you found was hilarious. I didn't know Google was so funny.

I also found out Google will correct by pronunciation too. I searched for "woold" to see what I'd get. I expected "would" (it suggests this if you use "woold" in a phrase), but it gave me "world" instead.

[iBold]

Completely off-topic I suppose, but was anyone else amused by the only adwords ad on that page for eBay? who picks out a misspelling of a word like that for an eBay ads?

Anyone else irritated how ads for eBay come up for 99% of the things you search for? it bugs the hell outta me for some reason.

[gabs]

You get these problem in the uk with google as it can't spell in english..

try "search engine optimisation"

[T0PS3O]

Originally Posted by chewbacca

I think it's "negligible."

Just testing to see who's paying attention

[kh7]

Misspelled.com says:

negligible: so small as to be meaningless; insignificant; "the effect was negligible"

[tbarr60]

Originally Posted by gabs

You get these problem in the uk with google as it can't spell in english..

try "search engine optimisation"

They gave me both spellings, that is what I call optimised optimization.

[Lpspider]

Originally Posted by T0PS3O

It's like those forum bastards who keep saying "use the search" instead of giving a direct answer

Exactly like that!

[disgust]

Originally Posted by iBold

Completely off-topic I suppose, but was anyone else amused by the only adwords ad on that page for eBay? who picks out a misspelling of a word like that for an eBay ads?

Anyone else irritated how ads for eBay come up for 99% of the things you search for? it bugs the hell outta me for some reason.

they're there because they work.

they don't bug me more than other ads and I get the occasional laugh out of them "looking for women? buy women on ebay!" etc.