Bug in google?

This post has been moved to the archive, which means it may well contain embarrasing stupidity, poor or dated information, or maybe just useless ramblings.

I think I just found what might be a bug in google.

I was trying to search for the correct way to make a Post request to a webserver by searching for ‘http post’. I accidently typed ‘http postt’. The usually very helpful ‘Did you mean’ link was broken. Naturally I pressed back and clicked it again, being too lazy to go back to the search bar and again it was broken. Looking at the URL, something didn’t look right.

I tried a couple more searches with spelling mistakes and it seems that if the first word is ‘http’, the url doesn’t get formed properly. See for yourself below.

Google Search for ‘http postt’

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Dave Marshall is a Software Engineer living near Hull, England. He works on various personal projects and is the Technical Manager at Childcare.co.uk

Dave specialises in web application development for the LAMP stack, but always tries to choose a tool set that is most fit for purpose.

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