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I’m Suggesting…Thanksgiving!

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Who doesn’t love messing with Google/Bing/Yahoo and newly Blekko suggest? If you haven’t already played around with the suggest feature, I urge you to do so. Though I will warn you, it can waste a lot of time that could be used for something a bit more…productive. But, I’m rambling. There have been a few articles already done using/exploiting this feature so get ready for yet another, but it has a twist. Since it’s time for Thanksgiving, I wondered, what does Thanksgiving mean to the search engines. First I just looked for “Thanksgiving”:

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Search suggestions for Thanksgiving on a search engine interface.

Screenshot of a Yahoo search page showing Thanksgiving-related search suggestions.

Search suggestions related to Thanksgiving, including dinner and food topics.

Some interesting suggestions right? Well, to be honest just searching for “Thanksgiving” can provide a wide variety of results. So, let’s search for “Thanksgiving is”:

Google search suggestions for Thanksgiving queries.

Search suggestions for Thanksgiving on a search engine.

A Yahoo search bar displaying suggestions related to Thanksgiving.

Screenshot of a search engine with the query 'thanksgiving is' entered.

While Blekko has nothing else to offer, the other “major players” are yet providing something to ponder. But, what if we search for the actual phrase “Thanksgiving means”:

Google search suggestions related to Thanksgiving.

Bing search bar displaying the phrase 'thanksgiving means'.

Yahoo search suggestions related to Thanksgiving, including meals and meanings.

Search bar with the text 'thanksgiving means' on a website called blekko.

Aside for Yahoo (who uses that anyway?), the suggest feature really didn’t have a lot to offer people searching for the meaning of Thanksgiving. While we all have our own personal thoughts on the matter, I’d like to see what the readers of this blog have to say on what Thanksgiving means.

Thanks for reading, and have a Happy Thanksgiving!