Will Google's Search Suggest eliminate Typo traffic?

[pontifixx]

Google's Search Suggest will be rolling out to all users as a default setting soon - part of it has a typo correction feature - do you think this will have any impact on mis-spelled domain traffic?

Article here: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/at-loss-for-words.html

 

[breez]

When a user types a typo url into the adressbar they will be taken to the site if it exists, not to Google. It may effect people who simply type the domain into google search but I think that is a lower percentage.

 

[tinner666]

I like it. I use the 'google search' and it gives the correct spelling as an option. Good idea!

 

[Yofie]

I sure would think it would have an effect, but only for SE traffic and not direct navigation.

I really like the tool from a domainers standpoint.

 

[gemsergio]

Well actually believe it or not it is said (this comes directly from sedo) that 40% of internet users do write the url in the address bar of search engines. I think its probably around a 20 upto 30% depending on the name. Right now this kind of traffic its considered pure type in.
Will it impact the industry? Of course but on a smaller scale considering how stupid internet users are I estimate a loss of around 3 to 7% for typos.

 

[south]

Well actually believe it or not it is said (this comes directly from sedo) that 40% of internet users do write the url in the address bar of search engines.

I think the percentage is even higher than that. As I tell my customers to go to a specific web site, I always wait for them to tell me "google couldn't find it", before I remind them that they have an *address bar*.

 

[gemsergio]

true in some case scenario it is upto 60%. My GF always types in google bar. The mother and sister as well and they are average internet users. But everything really depends on the domain name.

 

[james2002]

I think it will have effect on typos as more people will be aware of typos because of the feature.