How does this feature work from a DB point of view? For anyone not familiar with it, it essentially provides a suggested spell-checked equivalent of the current search term. My *guess* is that it's the most common soundex match from exisiting database content?
I think it'a a bit richer than that, maybe also based on a catalogue of the most popularly appearing terms?
You can do some cool experiments if you download their Web Services SDK, and can use the 'did you mean' service (for non-profit max 10khits a day) in your own apps :)
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Posted - 11 October 2004 : 04:50:57
