Google Search suggestions are supposed to help you search faster, not clutter your space with a bunch of irrelevant search terms. While suggestions have worked well for Google Search and Google Image Search, they have proved a complete failure with Google Maps.

First of all, people already know what they’re looking for when they go to maps.google.com, especially if they’re trying to find a specific address. However, the suggestions just have to get in the way and display five totally irrelevant suggestions. I could imagine how suggestions would be useful when searching for a business like “pizza near chicago il”, but that’s one of the few times it’s only slightly useful.

So, Dear Google, please turn off Google Maps search suggestions. Thanks.

Published by Geoffrey Liu

A software engineer by trade and a classical musician at heart. Currently a software engineer at Groupon getting into iOS mobile development. Recently graduated from the University of Washington, with a degree in Computer Science and a minor in Music. Web development has been my passion for many years. I am also greatly interested in UI/UX design, teaching, cooking, biking, and collecting posters.

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