# Odd google autocomplete

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-google-autocomplete/569463>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 30, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-google-autocomplete/569463 "2011-01-30T01:07:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Waffle\_Decider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@Waffle\_Decider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waffle_Decider)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-google-autocomplete/569463/1 "2011-01-30T01:07:38Z")

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If I type ‘what is the’ on google, one of the autocomplete suggestions is ‘what is the ph of a 0.050 m hbr solution’. Wtf? Is anyone else getting this? I’ve tried this on the google front page of a few other countries, but it looks like only the US site does that.

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**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-google-autocomplete/569463/2 "2011-01-30T01:34:34Z")

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I’m in The States. I get:

what is the tea party  
what is the molecular geometry of nh3  
what is the partial pressure of argon in the flask  
what is the mole and how is it used in chemistry

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-google-autocomplete/569463/3 "2011-01-30T01:40:40Z")

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I’m in the States, and I get:

What is the tea party?  
What is the illuminati?  
What is the dream act?  
What is the ph of a 0.050m hbr solution?

Odd.

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**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-google-autocomplete/569463/4 "2011-01-30T01:52:06Z")

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What is the tea party?  
what is the american dream?  
what is the what?  
what is the illuminati?

pH of HBr never auto completes for me.

Here’s the url for the video, though

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nQT3VjlDjoY/hqdefault.jpg "What is the pH of a 0.050 M HBr solution?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQT3VjlDjoY)

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**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-google-autocomplete/569463/5 "2011-01-30T01:52:43Z")

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In Australia:  
What is the meaning of life?  
What is the time?  
What is the date today? [I think Australia’s been drinking]  
What is the Commonwealth?  
What is the greenhouse effect?  
What is the Illuminati?  
What is the time in Melbourne?  
What is the time in London?  
What is the what?  
What is the best nerf gun?

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**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-google-autocomplete/569463/6 "2011-01-30T02:20:50Z")

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US

Tea party  
Number game on facebook  
Illuminati

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-google-autocomplete/569463/7 "2011-01-30T02:23:25Z")

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I had to type in “what is the ph of a 0.050” before it would show up for me.

ETA: the Hotel de la Muerte is in Florida.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-google-autocomplete/569463/8 "2011-01-30T02:26:43Z")

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tea party  
american dream  
dream act  
illuminati

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**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-google-autocomplete/569463/9 "2011-01-30T02:46:37Z")

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what is the tea party  
what is the purpose of advent  
what is the terminator on the moon and what causes it  
what is the illuminati

I’m in the United States.

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**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-google-autocomplete/569463/10 "2011-01-30T04:01:25Z")

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States here, and I get…

Address of the Empire State Building  
Mayflower Compact  
Tea Party  
Illuminati  
History of the QWERTY Keyboard  
World Birth Rate  
Purpose of the Burger King Academies  
History of Facebook  
Zip Code for Nome, Alaska  
Origin of Halloween

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-google-autocomplete/569463/11 "2011-01-30T04:12:55Z")

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what is the tea party   
what is the what   
what is the illuminati   
what is the american dream

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**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-google-autocomplete/569463/12 "2011-01-30T04:26:40Z")

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Google.ca gives me:

Krabby Patty secret formula  
tea party  
holocaust  
meaning of life

[Google.com](http://Google.com) gives me:

tea party  
illuminati  
american dream  
dream act

Nice to see the nutbars and crackpots have Google as their primary browser, keeping it in business based on mine and others’ searches.

Mine (and probably many of your’s) favourite is the first one in google.ca, though. 🙂 (I thought that would be tops in google.bb (bikini bottom) - that Plankton’ll try anything!

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**Author:** ![Sami41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sami41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sami41)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-google-autocomplete/569463/13 "2011-01-30T04:35:03Z")

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In Nevada, US

tea party  
illuminati  
minimum wage in Nevada  
hcg diet. . .

If I type just “what is the” and choose “I’m Feeling Lucky” it takes me to the Wikipedia page for “Wiki.”

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**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-google-autocomplete/569463/14 "2011-01-30T08:03:14Z")

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Louisiana:

what is the tea party  
what is the illuminati  
what is the legend of the poinsettia  
what is the china poblana

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-google-autocomplete/569463/15 "2011-01-30T09:26:40Z")

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[I did a thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=536893) once on Google autocompleting the term “Atlanta douchebag”.

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**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-google-autocomplete/569463/16 "2011-01-30T12:37:22Z")

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From Google.ca

What is the:

'function of the middle ear osscicles

'tea party

'origin of the jovian moons

'goal of comparitive planetology

😕

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**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-google-autocomplete/569463/17 "2011-01-30T14:59:32Z")

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> [@dhkendall](#):
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> [Google.com](http://Google.com) gives me:
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> tea party  
> illuminati  
> american dream  
> dream act

Exactly what I get.

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**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-google-autocomplete/569463/18 "2011-01-30T15:16:41Z")

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… time  
… airspeed velocity of an unladen European swallow  
… american dream  
… tea party

/Google.dk

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**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-google-autocomplete/569463/19 "2011-01-30T17:51:29Z")

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.co.uk, I get:

Time  
Mean  
Internet  
Minimum wage.

Wow. American people Google for much cleverer things than Brits! Don’t even know they’re on the internet as they Google! 😃

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-google-autocomplete/569463/20 "2011-01-30T18:03:29Z")

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Heh. “Where is” autocompletes to “Where is Chuck Norris” as the first suggestion.

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