# Please help me with a simple research project: 3 minutes of your time, max. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 27, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-a-simple-research-project-3-minutes-of-your-time-max/816810 "2018-06-27T01:20:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-a-simple-research-project-3-minutes-of-your-time-max/816810/1 "2018-06-27T01:20:24Z")
Please enter the following in a Google search box: Restaurants near 2415 (Put a space after the 5.) Copy or note the first response or two that Google **autocomplete** fills in. You don’t have to hit “search.” I’m not interested in the search results, **just the response from autocomplete.** Then please post the response(s) below **in a spoiler box**. If others have posted before you, please don’t open any spoilers before you post your reply. I’ll explain it all after a few replies have been posted. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-a-simple-research-project-3-minutes-of-your-time-max/816810/2 "2018-06-27T01:29:40Z")
I only got one autocomplete: restaurants near 2415 mcgavock pike ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-a-simple-research-project-3-minutes-of-your-time-max/816810/3 "2018-06-27T01:30:52Z")
5th avenue 5th ave ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-a-simple-research-project-3-minutes-of-your-time-max/816810/4 "2018-06-27T01:39:18Z")
Only one the same as snfaulkner ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-a-simple-research-project-3-minutes-of-your-time-max/816810/5 "2018-06-27T01:44:09Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > I only got one autocomplete: restaurants near 2415 mcgavock pike Same. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-a-simple-research-project-3-minutes-of-your-time-max/816810/6 "2018-06-27T01:45:02Z")
Also the same as **snfaulkner**. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-a-simple-research-project-3-minutes-of-your-time-max/816810/7 "2018-06-27T01:46:31Z")
restaurants near 2415 mcgavock pike ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-a-simple-research-project-3-minutes-of-your-time-max/816810/8 "2018-06-27T02:05:16Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > restaurants near 2415 mcgavock pike Sorry. Screwed up on the directions. In my defense I have an eye infection and was administrating drops: no lie. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-a-simple-research-project-3-minutes-of-your-time-max/816810/9 "2018-06-27T02:08:07Z")
Ditto the others. ---
**Author:** ![Dobbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Dobbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dobbs)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-a-simple-research-project-3-minutes-of-your-time-max/816810/10 "2018-06-27T02:10:47Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Also the same as **snfaulkner**. Same ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-a-simple-research-project-3-minutes-of-your-time-max/816810/11 "2018-06-27T02:19:01Z")
Likewise, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-a-simple-research-project-3-minutes-of-your-time-max/816810/12 "2018-06-27T02:19:19Z")
Restaurants near 2415 mcgavock pike ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-a-simple-research-project-3-minutes-of-your-time-max/816810/13 "2018-06-27T02:22:53Z")
I’m with everyone else. Since I live outside of Nashville, I expected that to be a regional response. StG ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-a-simple-research-project-3-minutes-of-your-time-max/816810/14 "2018-06-27T02:28:18Z")
Same ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-a-simple-research-project-3-minutes-of-your-time-max/816810/15 "2018-06-27T02:29:31Z")
One autocomplete restaurants near 2415 mcgavock pike ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-a-simple-research-project-3-minutes-of-your-time-max/816810/16 "2018-06-27T02:31:54Z")
Is there a point to this? ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-a-simple-research-project-3-minutes-of-your-time-max/816810/17 "2018-06-27T02:33:05Z")
It depends which browser I use! I got ~ Google Search ~ Search with Google or ~3 (that browser managed to truncate the trailing space) ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-a-simple-research-project-3-minutes-of-your-time-max/816810/18 "2018-06-27T03:02:03Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Is there a point to this? That address is the location of a time share at which we are currently staying. My wife Googled the phrase in question while we were more than 1,000 miles away and got that autocomplete response before she finished typing the number, which strengthened her (rather common) suspicion that Facebook/Google/Amazon are listening to us via the mikes on our phones and other devices. I suspected that it was simply a common query, and unless you are all staying here at the Wyndham in Nashville, these results seem to verify my theory. Thanks, all. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-a-simple-research-project-3-minutes-of-your-time-max/816810/19 "2018-06-27T03:02:26Z")
restaurants near 24153 restaurants near 2415 mcgavock pike restaurants near 24151 Since I’m absolutely nowhere near you, this is clearly not a regional result. In fact, I just out of interest, I tried my own 4-digit postcode and autocomplete still spat out a big list of 5-digit strings (which are not meaningful in an Australian context) (ETA: I see I didn’t follow instructions properly and omitted the space. Point remains the same tho) ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-a-simple-research-project-3-minutes-of-your-time-max/816810/20 "2018-06-27T03:22:56Z")
I also got the McGavock Pike suggestion. I’m in St. Louis, and using an Android, FWIW. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-a-simple-research-project-3-minutes-of-your-time-max/816810.md?page=2)