Google's Suggestion Tool's Top 10 Suggestions for WWW

With the possible exception of to do lists, most people seem to enjoy reading or hearing about lists, particularly top ten lists. I myself am no different in this respect. When it comes to lists, unless the list expressly states how the items are ordered, it is usually best to occupy the top spot on the list. I remember in Junior High School and High School, I had several teachers that delighted in returning tests or announcing grades in descending order.

At the present time, Google is the king of the search engine business. I mean no disrespect to Yahoo, Microsoft or the other companies that tinker with search engines, but when people want to find something online they more often than not turn to Google. You might think that Google sure knows its lists. As most people who search with Google are aware, Google has a suggestion tool. Basically, it functions quite effortlessly. As a searcher types words into the Google search engine, the Google suggestion tool based on the words searched, produces a list of potential words, phrases or websites that would appear most relevant to the searcher's inquiry. As far as I know Google makes no claim about how its suggestion tool orders the suggestions.

One day by accident, I began typing a web address into the Google search engine. I noticed that once the web address was entered in its entirety, the Google suggestion tool had produced ten topics relevant to that specific web address. Just for fun, I stripped away all of the web address in the Google suggestion tool except for the www. Below is the list of the topics that the Google suggestion tool listed when www was typed into the Google search engine. I confirmed the results just prior to publishing this article. I will list them as they appear from the bottom spot (#10) to the top spot (#1). I think you will find the results quite fascinating.

Number 10: www.gmail.com

Number 9: www.msn.com

Number 8: www.aol.com

Number 7: www.craigslist.com

Number 6: www.hotmail.com

Number 5: www.google.com

Number 4: www.youtube.com

Number 3: www.facebook.com

Number 2: www.myspace.com

Number 1: www.yahoo.com

I found it noteworthy that the Google suggestion tool listed either its home page, www.google.com or a Google related page, www.gmail.com and www.youtube.com in three of the ten suggestions. I was dumbfounded to see that Google's very own home page, google.com only occupied the 6^th slot and that Google's chief search engine rival Yahoo had its own home page, www.yahoo.com occupying the top spot on the list in the Google suggestion tool.