Google is testing a new way to report offensive Autocomplete suggestions



Presently, Feedback tool is facing finite testing, but company desires to initiate it worldwide soon.

Google is testing a trendy visible way for its visitors to reveal potentially offensive suggestions in its Autocomplete feature.

The test is presently narrowed to a small percentage of Google users, but it will be established world around soon. Google released a snapshot of its latest reporting tool, look to the highlighted text, “Report offensive query” in the bottom right, below the last Autocomplete suggestion. This is not the final Feedback tool, but one version of testing.


For visitor’s convenience, A delegate from Google stated that,

“Autocomplete predictions are based on searches previously carried out by users around the world. That means that predicted terms are sometimes unexpected or offensive. We have been actively working on improvements to our algorithm that will help surface more high quality, credible content on the web. In addition, we’re experimenting with a new feature that allows people to report offensive Search predictions. We’re working to incorporate such feedback into our algorithms, and we hope to roll this out more broadly over time. Autocomplete isn’t an exact science and we’re continually working to improve it.”

Google users have already provided with a Google’s support pages to report their offensive data, but with this tool reporting is made much easier and this will aid in generating more reports.


Autocomplete is one of the leading Google tools that depend on worldwide search process to forecast what a user is looking for and displays the needful. It is a best feature under fire for years together. Autocomplete met a criticism last year that it was filtering results to Hillary Clinton’s benefit. Provided the company greeted to remove the phrase “how can I join ISIS” from Autocomplete. Google for furnishing racist suggestions in Autocomplete, has gone to court on several occasions over predicted Autocomplete queries.