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Probably not tbh - the cost/benefit of getting such small amounts of money versus enormous reputational damage is not remotely worth it.
My question is can they bid on it behind the scenes like a keyword. Siri suggestions must have some type of revenue.
Alright, while we’re talking about iOS autocomplete - I have a question. I noticed that sometimes when I’m typing an out-of-dictionary word, sometimes the keyboard will actually type the key next to the key I tapped that would type a real word. I imagine they’ve put a lot of effort into making the touch keyboard accurate, so is this a feature to that end or, more likely, is it a Baader-Meinhof thing, that I only noti…
This is probably the keyboard adjusting the tap area of the keys based on the predicted likelyhood of that key being pressed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=20&v=wPmVKyhyl9U
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Reading through yours and the other comments here...I just can't even understand...who came up with the idea of changing key word searches into autocompleting URLs? Personally, I still find the idea of a URL bar doubling as a search bar a bit disconcerting as it is. I expect specific behaviour from a URL bar. I type in an address and either it takes me to what I type or it can't find it. This behaviour everyone's des…
TBH I quite like it, especially in chrome. I can type "GitHub [project name] pulls" and it will take me where I want to go, I can type "app.dev myfeature" and it will go suggest "app.dev.company.com/some/deep/path-abcd1234/myfeature"
I feel like default behaviour should be broadly helpful, while specifically helpful behaviour should be easily accessible but not so easily accessible that a mindless click triggers it.
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Personally I hate conflating the URL entry space with the search query space. Which is why I was so disappointed that Firefox removed my ability to separate them recently.
I keep Firefox up to date on my Windows box (version 77.0.1) and I still have the ability to have a dedicated search box. Are you on a pre-release channel?
I separated the search box not because I want a search box (I really don't want a browser with a "search box" at all) but because I want un-interpreted, un-looked-up URLs. Though the current URL box doesn't seem to actually search implicitly, it's really hard to tell if its suggestions are coming from the search engine or not and it's at least a step back in the wrong direction).
I'd love any suggestions for making the URL box dumber.
macOS 10.15.5 Safari 13.1.1 Tested 4 configurations: Search engine: DDG vs Google Wipr adblock extension on/off.
In all four cases: Typed in realty.com and hit enter - got realty.com. Typed in sketch and hit enter - got search results for the word sketch.
Tested exact same configurations (DDG/Google, Wipr on/off) on my phone. iOS 13.5.1 on iPhone XR Same results as above.
I'm just not seeing the behaviour that's being described here. Perhaps its a geo thing? I'm in Australia. I assume most people here are in the US?