tedster - 8:22 pm on Jan 18, 2010 (gmt 0)

oodlum, you've described exactly the type of situation that I'm concerned about and have wrestled with in the past year.

There's no reason I can see to include a search suggestion (or a related search for that matter) if that search results in no content, or even very low content. This is the area where I'd say Google needs to tune up the Search Suggestion algorithm. Search volume alone is too noisy a signal, and offering a suggestion that has no real results is both a lousy search experience and carries negative implications for those who DON'T click on the suggestion.

You know, it's something like the old "when did you stop beating your wife" question, except there's no malicious intent on Google's part. It's an unforeseen consequence of their current implementation, and they should fix it.