October 18, 2020

Google Autocomplete News - October 17 2020

Google explains the factors that influence Autocomplete

Google Autocomplete News - October 17 2020

The Factors That Influence Google Autocomplete

Danny Sullivan, Google's Public Liaison For Search, published an article on the Google Blog on October 8th, 2020.  It covers "How Google Autocomplete Predictions Are Generated".  

It mentions how they use a number of signals when determining Autocomplete predictions, but a couple things that are commonly used include common and trending queries that match what the user has entered so far.  Other user specific signals include the users language, location, etc.

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How Google autocomplete predictions are generated
A deeper dive into Autocomplete predictions and how they help searchers save time while using Google.