tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166669645725536266.post3849827569641481375..comments2023-07-07T06:52:33.856-04:00Comments on floatingsheep: Autocomplete Part I: Mapping the World of AutocompleteMark Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00659652124105331552noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166669645725536266.post-66891440572459739142011-03-11T06:43:19.092-05:002011-03-11T06:43:19.092-05:00On a much less granular level I was interested to ...On a much less granular level I was interested to see this week that Google India had a special logo and click-through for International Women's Day that .co.uk, .com and .co.jp were not using. Is this based on hits or input from their local staff?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03198606103317043299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166669645725536266.post-12185874207219256452011-02-15T15:29:21.248-05:002011-02-15T15:29:21.248-05:00Alph, point well taken. I edited the content to r...Alph, point well taken. I edited the content to reflect this. We were most interested in highlighting how the strong presence of one entity could dominate the autocomplete results for a country. Not spam but also a somewhat surprising representation.<br /><br />Andreas, this is an excellent idea. We'll see if we can pursue this as well.Matthew Zookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08480544925277453768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166669645725536266.post-31188621448958268512011-02-14T09:17:41.764-05:002011-02-14T09:17:41.764-05:00I've been playing with the same thought, great...I've been playing with the same thought, great to see some real investigation! It would be interesting to try with contentious search terms such as 'climate change' in several languages across several countries, that is looking not at how a specific country "view" other countries, but compare how different countries view a specific issue.Andreas Birkbakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14590397925318553459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166669645725536266.post-86534910830199837792011-02-09T17:02:25.148-05:002011-02-09T17:02:25.148-05:00Belarus has a large and famous tractor factory, th...Belarus has a large and famous tractor factory, that isn't spam.Alphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808687878674385055noreply@blogger.com