Should we expect more spelling corrections in search results?

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On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video.

Marjy from Boca Raton, FL asked:

Recently, Google has been more proactive in providing results that feature "corrected" spellings. In what way will smart guesses be employed in search results in the future? Can we expect more synonyms in search results, for example?



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