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lazzlazzlazz
This appears to be broken. After going a few rounds and getting nothing right, I "cheated" in another window, and it was still marking everything wrong.
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criswell
Same. Fun idea, though. I wonder if the answers are tied to someone with a specific search history?

edit: seems to be working better now.

anarchy8
I think the autocomplete suggestions are region specific and possible linked to your Google account. Were you logged in?
scottmcf
I got the same question twice, answers that were right the first time (and obvious) weren't included the second time. Fun concept, though, it'd be interesting to play multiplayer.
solve
Try an incognito window, and through that go to google.com/ncr to get US-only results.
agf
Yeah, I got "Indiana Jones and the" and entered three of the movie names. It said they were all incorrect.
c3RlcGhlbnI_
It seems that they have hit a daily API limit of some kind. If you enter a space you get the top option right for every question.
jamescostian
The only problem I have with this is that it's wrong[0], but it's still kinda fun.

[0] I clicked on a category and it said "I think I have", so I cheated and typed into Google "I think I have" and looked at the top suggestions from Google. But when I entered the top suggestion from Google into this website, this website said I had entered the #2 suggestion. And when I entered another suggestion straight from Google, the website said it was wrong.

meowface
This is due to Google's search personalization, and/or because I'm betting this site is using Google's custom search API, which often returns fairly different results from normal search.
w-ll
I did a few rounds and something like 'coffee is too' and my answers 'hot' 'dark' 'weak' all resulted in fails. unless its search a different language i don't think this is regional.
kuschku
Try google.com/custom to get more deterministic results, although it seems like they might have changed that as well.
leereeves
Is Google cool with people using their name and logo like this?

...and cool site. One of those things where you wonder why no one's thought of it before.

ljk
googlefeud.com will probably have to change its name to something else

same thing happened to endlessyoutube.com. Now it redirects you to endlessvideo.com

kf5jak
Was working for about ten minutes. But now isn't showing any answers, thus marking all answers as wrong.

EDIT: Definitely a fun game and great concept though!

tomasien
This is a great concept, it doesn't work. After I got a few I knew were right, I cheated and it's not working. Maybe it works in some other version of google than mine.
markcerqueira
Broken, but I'm sure it'll get acquired for 2.5 billion!
dsjoerg
summarizing other comments here: broken! but fun! and will be taken down and/or renamed!
oh_sigh
Everything is being marked as wrong. Not great.
ishadua
Fun idea, but i think the Culture tab is pretty specic to american culture. (i live in India, and was logged into my account)
bx_
I thought this said GoogleFreud. I clicked hoping that my searches would have some judgment or analysis along side the results.

  Search: Is calorie counting actually useful?
  Result: Does Counting Calories Actually Count? [nutrition.org]
  Freud: Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
superasn
Fun game, it tells a lot about how the masses would think about something (they most often it feels like the people who search google most are mostly 10 yr old).
ChristianBundy
Someone got owned:

    var minhighscore = STOP REMOVING ME AND I WILL HELP YOU FIX IT!;
    var hsl = {
        "scores": 
            "STOP REMOVING ME AND I WILL HELP YOU FIX IT!",
            "STOP REMOVING ME AND I WILL HELP YOU FIX IT!",
            "STOP REMOVING ME AND I WILL HELP YOU FIX IT!",
            "STOP REMOVING ME AND I WILL HELP YOU FIX IT!",
            "STOP REMOVING ME AND I WILL HELP YOU FIX IT!",
            "STOP REMOVING ME AND I WILL HELP YOU FIX IT!",
            "STOP REMOVING ME AND I WILL HELP YOU FIX IT!",
            "STOP REMOVING ME AND I WILL HELP YOU FIX IT!",
            "STOP REMOVING ME AND I WILL HELP YOU FIX IT!",
            "STOP REMOVING ME AND I WILL HELP YOU FIX IT!",
            "99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999",
            "60000",
            "60000"
        ],
        "names": [false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false],
        "times": [1426140797, 1426140808, 1426140809, 1426140810, 1426140811, 1426140812, 1426140813, 1426140814, 1426140817, 1426140817, 1426140744, 1426140770, 1426140788]
    };
I looked through the code, and it looks like there is ZERO back-end validation for this request:

    jQuery.ajax({
                url: "submiths.php",
                data: {
                    highscore: '99999999999999',
                    highscorename: 'someone',
                    hsl: 'foo',
                    stime: 'bar'
                },
                success: function(data) {
                    jQuery("#answerkey").html(data);
                }
            });
jamesk_au
There is actually a whole board game based on autocomplete results[1] which is like a cross between Balderdash and Cards Against Humanity. Players create their own autocomplete results and then try to guess the real one. This review is pretty accurate: One of the best elements of this game is the sociological knowledge you get out of each round. "What, people really search for that?" is a common response.[2]

[1] http://www.querythegame.com

[2] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IUVSCSS

Toast_
this game is bullsh[can you guess the ending of this phrase?].