Google has begun returning results for things you didn't type, but maybe should have. For example, if you search for "opera," you get a block of results for "oprah." It looks like it will benefit people who don't know what they're looking for, and probably annoy people who do. I don't like it yet.
I was testing this out with random words when I typed in 'search' and saw that Google returned itself as the top result. And then I thought it would be interesting to try a search for 'search' on various search engines. It turns out Google is the only search engine that returns itself as the top result for 'search.'
| Search Engine | Top Result |
|---|---|
| Altavista | Search.com |
| Yahoo | Search.com |
| Search.com | MSN Search |
| MSN Search | |
| AOL Search | |
| Lycos | Search.com |
| Ask Jeeves | Lycos |
| Dogpile | Altavista |
| Excite |
Google is also the most popular search engine among search engines, just slightly ahead of Search.com.