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Just a minute ago, I made a small typo in a non-obscure programming-related search term.

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Followed by an unending list of random celebrities I don't know nor care about, businesses I've never been that sell items I have absolutely no use of, and random foreign news articles.

Failure to recognise the typo is unexpected but forgivable. But then, rather than helping me with my search, they attempt to distract and lead me away from it - using triggers that you'd think they should have known wouldn't work.

I really don't understand how this is even possible, and it's not a rare occurrence.



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