One of the most fascinating parts of working for a search engine is seeing how people search. As you may have seen in last week’s entry about the most popular London search terms, the top queries aren’t always the ones you would expect.
Equally amusing (or frustrating if you’re trying to improve relevance) is looking at how people spell things. It’s amazing how many ways there are to misspell common place names.
For your Friday amusement, we present the top ten misspelled queries we’ve seen over the last few weeks:
5. properties in Maida Vale. Common misspellings: miada vale, maidavale, madaa vale
4. properties in Crystal Palace. Common misspellings: crystel palace, crystle palace, crysal palice
3. properties in Bethnal Green. Common misspellings: bethnel green, bethenal green, bethinal green
2. properties in Islington. Common misspellings: islinton, islinggton, islingtown
and the number one most common misspelling:
1. properties in Marylebone. Common misspellings: marlyebone, marlybone, marlibone, marybone
So there you have it. However you spell it, keep on searching, we’ll keep working on relevance.
Have a good weekend.
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