Google Suggest

over the past three years, Google Labs had been toying with a feature they call Google Suggest. you might have even seen it in action live in the past. i know i caught Google testing it on at least one occasion in the past year. Google Suggest is a feature wherein the Google search box field will offer up suggestions via a dropdown of possible keywords based on what you are entering. the suggestions also come with the Google estimated results values listed right inline with the terms.

very effective tool from a usability standpoint. also, it would seem, effective from an SEO standpoint in that it can help provide long-tail keyword suggestions.

the flipside is that long-tail, geo-specific and misspelled keywords might become less effective if people who use Google end up utilizing the suggest feature's recommendations and not fully typing in what might otherwise have been a solid long-tail term.

time will tell how much, if at all, this feature will effect the SEO world.

here's a screenshot of it in action.