Get Rid of Trending Searches & Google Autocomplete
We’ve all spotted some of the quirky or hilarious suggestions that can appear when we search on Google. While most of the time it can be interesting to see what’s trending, Google’s Autocomplete feature isn’t always helpful.
Here’s how to turn off trending searches and Google Autocomplete on your browser:
How Do Trending Searches Work?
As a business, Google aims to provide the best experience for its users as it can. Improving a user’s search journey with the Autocomplete feature is one of the ways Google tries to do so.
If Google can correctly predict your search, then it you’ll save time and effort. But how does Google know what you’re going to type?
Google Trends
Google Trends collects data from Google searches, then visualizes the frequency of search terms across different geographic regions and languages.
Google Trends operates like a data utilization tool that can track real-time events or other short-term trends. You can view Google Trends data from the the last seven days or by a specific range (from 2004 up to 36 hours ago).
Google uses Trends to predict what you’re searching for, based on what everybody else is searching for too:
Is Autocomplete the Same as Google Trends?
No. Autocomplete will try to predict the user’s search with the help of Google Trends. However, these are two different features.
Why Remove Trending Searches and Autocomplete?
As useful as trending searches can be, many also find these suggestions annoying.