
As the children's song The Teddy Bear's Picnic goes: "If you go down to the woods today you might get a big surprise..."
Well it seems the same should be sung to your kids about YouTube.
Now I'm sure 'auto-suggestion' or 'auto-complete' (whatever you wanna call it) is useful to some. I myself am not a fan, but each to his own.
Worryingly though, as you can see from the pic above, it will throw up the real subjects that are popularly searched. Revealing to children and other innocents the dark and dirty searches that (it seems) people want to see video footage of. It may not be popular with you, but as you can see it's certainly popular enough to warrant second place suggestion.
So beware parents! It may seem that you could happily let your child look for some videos of pretty ponies or equestrian shows on the popular and respected YouTube site. But don't be surprised if she gets a 'are you sure you don't mean bestiality?' suggestion before even typing the fifth letter of the word 'horse'!
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