Google search autofill with popularity numbering

[Whitey]

Anyone seen Google providing auto fill options with some kind of popularity score or rating included.

I bumped into it here : [google.ae...] , but not sure if it's more widespread.

Seems like a good way for Google to reduce the options a person chooses.

[tedster]

Looks like the estimated number of results, rather than a popularity score for the search terms.

[Robert Charlton]

Whitey - I know you're not based in the US... but there's essentially the same kind of auto-fill option on the google.com US home page.

The feature is called Google Suggest, and it was orginally an application in Google Labs [labs.google.com]. As you can see, it's "graduated" from Google Labs, and it's now a configurable option on Google Search.

Google hasn't yet taken down the Google Suggest FAQ page, though, and for now you can find some additional info here....

[labs.google.com...]

Looks like the estimated number of results...

The numbers are definitely in the ballpark.

[Robert Charlton]

PS - Extended discussion of the feature here....

"Google Suggest" becomes default search box behavior
[webmasterworld.com...]