What happens when you misspell words using Google?

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A spelling error in a Google News headline, which incorrectly used "vertion" instead of "version," sparked a discussion about the accuracy of news sources and Google's role in headline curation. Participants noted that Google aggregates headlines from various outlets and does not create them, leading to debates about the implications of such errors. Some humorously warned against clicking on the link due to the perceived risk of a "vertion virus." The conversation also touched on the broader topic of how search engines handle misspellings, highlighting that users are often directed to the correct spelling while still accessing content that contains the error.
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Today I spot a spelling error of Google News in the headline:

MS releases Windows Vista test vertion for businesses
Xinhua - 11 hours ago
BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- Microsoft Corp. has released on Wednesday a feature-complete test version of Windows Vista, the next version of the Windows operating system to businesses. Microsoft plans to ...

Version, not vertion.:biggrin:
 
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oh no, please tell me you didn't click on the link. You just opened up the vertion virus. Don't you listen to the news?
 
are you just kidding?
 
what? isn't it a spelling error?
 
where got such word vertion? It is VERSION
 
Looks like they are trying to target the younger audience with slang and bad spelling.
 
Offtopic: It's actually Googol not Google. Google is a spelling error so Sergey and Larry probably thought it was cool and stuck with that one.
 
tribdog said:
oh no, please tell me you didn't click on the link. You just opened up the vertion virus. Don't you listen to the news?

Wow, now that was a good one.
 
1) Who cares?

2) Google doesn't write the headlines. :rolleyes: They just pull headlines from various news sources.

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What's interesting is what you can come up with if you type a misspelling into google. You'll be prompted to choose the correct spelling, but still linked to all the sites where the same misspelling was made.

If you misspell this guy's name: Helmholtz

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Helmholtz.html

You accidently find out about this guy: Helmholz

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/11/04_helmholz.shtml
 

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