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You Typed "Prodigal." Did You Mean "Dictionary"?
For a while now Google has made results for "alternative searches" available (aka "middle of the page results") when it thinks there might be ambiguity in the search term. But this is the biggest leap I've ever seen:
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Posted by Melanie Phung
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Melanie Phung: 7:32 PM, September 13, 2006
Children's toys, adult toys... all just subcategories of the same thing, right?
Ok, cheekiness aside, it'd be a tall order to ask Google to understand that, while they are semantically similar, in this particular case the word "adult" turns the phrase into a euphemism.
Which begs the question: Was that not a relevant result? Are you sure Toys-R-Us doesn't in fact carry this particular product?
Second question: Who does local searches on adult toys? Seriously, wouldn't be easier to buy them online? You can find them on Amazon. Free shipping.
Posted by 
: 11:24 AM, September 18, 2006
It was more out of curosity then anything else but it seems that Local Searches have a problem with more complicated search strings.
And actually the adult toy stores do a pretty good business in my city. I don't know if that is a national trend of not.
I did a search for Children’s Toys– expecting it to bring up Toys R’ Us and similiar things. Instead I got:
A Dentist Office
3 Resale Clothing Shops
and a childrens barber
(Though to be fair– 3 out of 10 of the results matched the criteria of “Childrens Toys”)
I've played around with a lot of 2 or 3 word phrases in the locals and I am fairly unwhelmed with the results. Its like looking at 1999 search engine results again
Posted by
Saint Louis SEO: 2:20 PM, September 12, 2006
If you want to see something funny start playing around with the local searches.
I was working with a client that focused on adult toys and that phrase brought up Toys-R-Us...