Suggester FAQ

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How is Rank calculated?
How is sentiment calculated?
How is the number of search results returned calculated?
Why are some of the search results returned equal to zero?
Where can I report incorrect sentiment calculations?
Is there an API for the Suggester tool?
Can you add a feature?
Can you add my language or location?
How is data from Google Autocomplete collected by Google?
I Love Suggester, how can I thank you?
I Love Suggester, how can I thank you?

How is Rank calculated?
The terms at the top are those that are shown higher in the auto-suggest box. After taking the top ten from the base query, we add the first ones from query+a, query+b, etc. Then we rank the second terms from query+a, query+b, etc.

How is sentiment calculated?
Sentiment is calculated by cross-referencing keywords with positive and negative lists of terms.

How is the number of search results returned calculated?
This metric is provided within Google’s Autocomplete results. For example, you can look at the autocomplete result for dog and see that the numbers listed in suggester for dog correspond to the total number of search results in Google’s index.

Why are some of the search results returned equal to zero?
Google does not always return results in the Autocomplete URL, so for those keywords, you’ll see a zero in the results metric.

Where can I report incorrect sentiment calculations?
Just send en email to suggester@ promediacorp.com with Fix Sentiment in the title, the entire keyword term and which sentiment it should be (positive, negative, or neutral). Overtime, we’ll adjust our positive and negative lexicons.

Is there an API for the Suggester tool?
Not currently, but submit your email to the suggester@ promediacorp.com address so that we can quantify interest and notify you when an API is available.

Can you add a feature?
Using our email address suggester@ promediacorp.com, please submit a description of the feature you’d like. We’ll go through it periodically and see what’s feasible and popular.

Can you add my language or location?
Here’s another chance for you to provide us with direct feedback. Just submit your location or language request to our suggester@ promediacorp.com email address.

How do you collect data from Google Autocomplete?
We parse the XML provided at Google’s autocomplete URL: http://google.com/complete/search?q=dog&output=toolbar

I Love Suggester, how can I thank you?
You can Like us on Facebook, Tweet about how cool it is, or simply by sharing with your friends. Feedback is also greatly appreciated.

How Exactly Does Google Autocomplete Work?
Read this excellent in-depth article by Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Land.