TheWhippinpost - 11:22 pm on May 15, 2008 (gmt 0)

It tells us a lot about Google's current 'understanding' of words. But it also highlights a lot of misunderstanding.

That's my point, yeah: real-world.

It's a douible-edged sword - I've seen quite a few synonyms in Google that my thesaurus missed. I've seen the names of manufacturers "linked" (correctly) to abstract brand names... by abstract, I mean word(s) that don't "officially" exist.

The power of computers is often their ability to make connections (and groupings) we don't immediately see.

I think search engines are playing catch-up when it comes to keywords

Catch-up to what, though?