what the fuck is up with google chrome's autocmplete

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President Ark: May 16, 2010

1. open google chrome
2. type "www.wikipedia.org" into the address bar but do not actually go there
3. google chrome will have "www.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_ecchi_anime" as its first autocomplete suggestion

seriously this will happen even on fresh installs of google chrome on brand-new computers and it apparently happens everywhere, as I searched and someone in ohio has also noticed this

seriously what the gently caress

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:23

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a hole-y ghost: May 10, 2010

lol what the gently caress is ecchi

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:26

WindmillSlayer: Oct 16, 2013

a hole-y ghost posted:

lol what the gently caress is ecchi

i have no idea at all nuh uh

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:28

Big Bowie Bonanza: Dec 30, 2007; please tell me where i can date this cute boy

i was going to yell at you and say its based off of your search patterns but wtf

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:28

turtlecrunch: May 14, 2013; Hesitation is defeat.

Why would you use google chrome?

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:28

big black turnout: Jan 13, 2009; Fallen Rib

hahaha holy poo poo i thought i was getting trolled but sure enough

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:29

Phoon: Apr 23, 2010

FordPRefectLL posted:

i was going to yell at you and say its based off of your search patterns but wtf

lol yeah me too

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:29

Al Borland: Oct 29, 2006; by XyloJW

President Ark posted:

1. open google chrome
2. type "www.wikipedia.org" into the address bar but do not actually go there
3. google chrome will have "www.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_ecchi_anime" as its first autocomplete suggestion

seriously this will happen even on fresh installs of google chrome on brand-new computers and it apparently happens everywhere, as I searched and someone in ohio has also noticed this

seriously what the gently caress

From what I can tell. It is based off of your previous searches OP.

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:30

vocaloid orgasm: Apr 15, 2011; I keep on singing
Eternal life
VOCALOID

ecchi means good.

watch some of the series it suggests. it'll be good for you.

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:33

Alberto Basalm: Nov 14, 2005

lol that owns. a bunch of horned up dudes all searching for some animes to watch are ruining google

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:33

a hole-y ghost: May 10, 2010

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:34

Spanish Manlove: Aug 31, 2008; HAILGAYSATAN

Al Borland posted:

From what I can tell. It is based off of your previous searches OP.

i don't think so borland, I'm getting the same result

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:34

Alberto Basalm: Nov 14, 2005

a hole-y ghost posted:

you have to type it into your address bar. not google you fool

and dont forget the https://www. or the first result is some sort of skin disease

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:35

Puppy Galaxy: Aug 1, 2004

what the heck it's true

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:35

Phoon: Apr 23, 2010

Alberto Basalm posted:

you have to type it into your address bar. not google you fool

whats really weird is the ones below ecchi are different for me

e:

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:35

big black turnout: Jan 13, 2009; Fallen Rib

a hole-y ghost posted:

are you a loving grandma? don't google it, type it in the loving address bar. gently caress

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:35

Glasgow Kiss: Dec 12, 2007; Oh, put that thing away, Samurai. We all know what's going to happen. You'll swing your sword, I'll fly away, and probably say something like, "I'll be back, Samurai!" And then I'll flutter over the horizon and we probably won't see each for... about a week. And then we'll do the same thing again.

a hole-y ghost posted:

GOOGLE CHROME

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:35

President Ark: May 16, 2010

Alberto Basalm posted:

you have to type it into your address bar. not google you fool

and dont forget the https://www. or the first result is some sort of skin disease

ecchi anime: more important than abraham lincoln

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:35

Big Bowie Bonanza: Dec 30, 2007; please tell me where i can date this cute boy

a hole-y ghost posted:

lol

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:36

Puppy Galaxy: Aug 1, 2004

i dunno what that is, is there a way i can find out?

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:36

FogHelmut: Dec 18, 2003

https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/feet

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:38

satanic splash-back: Jan 28, 2009

President Ark posted:

1. open google chrome
2. type "www.wikipedia.org" into the address bar but do not actually go there
3. google chrome will have "www.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_ecchi_anime" as its first autocomplete suggestion

seriously this will happen even on fresh installs of google chrome on brand-new computers and it apparently happens everywhere, as I searched and someone in ohio has also noticed this

seriously what the gently caress

holy gently caress

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:41

Iprazochrome: Nov 3, 2008

There isn't even a wikipedia article of that name anymore, looks like it got deleted over two years ago

What kind of hosed up google algorithm made this happen

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:44

Maoist Pussy: Feb 12, 2014; by Lowtax

Does this have anything to do with Justine Tunney

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:45

a hole-y ghost: May 10, 2010

Bolian Blues posted:

There isn't even a wikipedia article of that name anymore, looks like it got deleted over two years ago

What kind of hosed up google algorithm made this happen

no accident of the algorithm, it was the work of millions of combined man hours by deft otaku fingers

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:52

El Burbo: Oct 10, 2012

Its not even just chrome

I'm not even in the US and it comes up before spanish results!

# ? Jul 29, 2014 22:56

rgocs: Nov 9, 2011

You might be using Chrome's "URL prediction service" which uses Google servers to predict what you might be trying to type. Go to Settings, then to "Show advanced settings" at the bottom and disable the following:

"Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar or the app launcher search box"

# ? Jul 29, 2014 23:12

satanic splash-back: Jan 28, 2009

rgocs posted:

You might be using Chrome's "URL prediction service" which uses Google servers to predict what you might be trying to type. Go to Settings, then to "Show advanced settings" at the bottom and disable the following:

"Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar or the app launcher search box"

shut up and type it in your own browser, turbonerd

# ? Jul 29, 2014 23:14

President Ark: May 16, 2010

rgocs posted:

You might be using Chrome's "URL prediction service" which uses Google servers to predict what you might be trying to type. Go to Settings, then to "Show advanced settings" at the bottom and disable the following:

"Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar or the app launcher search box"

that still raises the question of why google's servers think literally every person going to wikipedia wants to look at a list of anime

# ? Jul 29, 2014 23:15

Moridin920: Nov 15, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

This is pretty funny. I was gonna say cookies idiot but nope.

# ? Jul 29, 2014 23:16

rgocs: Nov 9, 2011

satanic splash-back posted:

shut up and type it in your own browser, turbonerd

I did, it only shows up if I have the option enabled.

# ? Jul 29, 2014 23:16

Ball Cupper: Sep 10, 2011; ~beautiful in my own way~

Woah, it does this on my phone too, and every piece of technology I own. What the heck?>???

# ? Jul 29, 2014 23:19

rgocs: Nov 9, 2011

President Ark posted:

that still raises the question of why google's servers think literally every person going to wikipedia wants to look at a list of anime

Ironically, the way Google search works, I am guessing all the users now checking out the "www.wikipedia.org/wiki/list of ecchi anime" suggestion are reinforcing Google's belief that it is the right thing to suggest.

# ? Jul 29, 2014 23:24

Iprazochrome: Nov 3, 2008

So it's like when #HitlerDidNothingWrong was trending on Twitter because everyone was tweeting about how awful it was that #HitlerDidNothingWrong was trending on Twitter?

# ? Jul 29, 2014 23:28

Raku: Nov 7, 2012; Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Roll Tide

Guys this goes deeper than we think, back in high school I wanted to get a tattoo on my back that showed my support for free knowledge. Well now I got curious and it turns out that when you put my wikipedia.org tattoo under an ultraviolet light it adds "/list_of_ecchi_anime"

I'm scared, guys. I keep hearing scuttling noises and I could have sworn that I saw a tentacle pressing against the door a few minutes ago.

# ? Jul 29, 2014 23:30