November 1, 2007

Google-Difficult Words

For a small number of queries, Google shows a list of three results for other related query in the middle of the search results page. The "inline revisions" are only displayed if Google is confident that the new query provides better results.

We'll call a word or expression Google-difficult if the search results page shows an inline revision for "dictionary". That means many people who searched for that word changed the query to "dictionary" to find its meaning in a dictionary. Some examples: conceptual, tentative, salient, lucrative. Because Google's results change all the time, a word that was Google-difficult at some point will not lose its quality even if it doesn't return an inline revision for "dictionary".

Can you find other Google-difficult words? Use an English interface for Google.

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15 comments:

  1. CSNovember 1, 2007 at 1:24 PM

    How about esoteric? Fits, I suppose.

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  2. CSNovember 1, 2007 at 1:42 PM

    Here's a few more:
    penultimate
    clandestine
    visceral

    What's interesting is that while 'pernicious' isn't Google-hard, it is Google-drillable. :)

    - Chris

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  3. AnonymousNovember 1, 2007 at 2:59 PM

    It seems that the implication is these sites would be a good place to search for your original term. Might be handy to just inline a list of site specific queries for the original term.

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  4. mootherNovember 2, 2007 at 4:33 AM

    fab... :) can they please now split the stock so i can get a foot in! :)

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  5. AnonymousNovember 5, 2007 at 7:21 AM

    I've found biased
    http://www.google.com/search?q=Biased

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2008 at 9:13 AM

    How about xanthosis.

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  7. UnknownMay 10, 2008 at 9:52 AM

    "infer" does it also

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  8. AnonymousJuly 6, 2008 at 12:05 PM

    hell... pulchritudinous, xanthic, thaumaturge, lugubrious, my favourite.. surreptitious, lackadaisical and so on

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  9. UnknownJanuary 26, 2009 at 12:27 PM

    what about goofy, word, relactation, sufishant, liquor?

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  10. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2009 at 5:29 AM

    words - splendiferous ,buoyant,penurious ,pennilless

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  11. AnonymousMarch 17, 2009 at 6:01 PM

    what i think is hard is mississippi but i can say really fast

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  12. AnonymousMarch 17, 2009 at 6:02 PM

    my friend thinks decliration is hard but i dont think i typed it right but i dont really care it is a hard word to type

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  13. AnonymousMarch 17, 2009 at 6:19 PM

    it depends if you are a good speller some words like this and should they could be hard for people but mississippi and speflinaiont could be easy it is all about if you can spell or not.:)

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  14. AnonymousMarch 17, 2009 at 6:21 PM

    it depends if you are a good speller some words like this and should they could be hard for people but mississippi and speflinaiont could be easy it is all about if you can spell or not.:)

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  15. AnonymousNovember 24, 2011 at 4:07 AM

    i think this is the hardest chlorofluorocarbon's

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