Google Did Something Unbelievable When A Girl Searched 'How to commit suicide'.

Almost all of us today are walking knowledge banks, thanks to the quick availability of information that has been made easier by search engines like Google. A powerful combination of a finger and a click is all it takes to be showered with any and every information you seek. And the experience has kept on getting better with time.

Do you know Google search engine has proved to be a saviour for someone?

The story had gone viral and everyone was praises for Google.
A depressed girl wanted to end her life.

Acording to the Times Of India, a 24-year-old girl was going through a break-up and was so depressed that she decided to end her life.
She searched for ways to commit suicide on Google search engine.

And the search results were a blessing in disguise.

Inrestead of returning suicide methods, Google responded with suicide helpline numbers, including the number and website details of Aasra, a crisis prevention center. The girl dialed the number which landed at the office of the Deputy Inspector General of Police.

"On January 3, I got a call from the girl on my public number. She was quite nervous and was about to end her life. She told me she had even searched how to kill herself on Google. Among the search results, she told me, she found my number. I heard her out and told her to come to my office so we could talk about it in detail," DIG Jitendra Kumar Shahi told TOI.
The girl was referred to a counselor thereafter.

The depressed girl narrated her story to the DIG of police who referred her to a counselor. She underwent two sessions of counseling and dropped the idea of suicide. A life saved, thanks to Google!

This isn't the first time though, Google has saved many a lives time and again.
In another incident, Google responded to polite internet searches of a Nan

Yes, you read that right! Google does observe...
This grandmom used polite suffixes and prefixes to her Google searches.
Ben John had gone over to his granny's house for washing his clothes and thought of browsing the internet while the washing process was on. To his surprise, he saw his granny, May Ashworth's Google search requests supplemented with terms like "please" and "thank you" prefixed and suffixed respectively.
She did this assuming her queries were being monitored or responded to by a human at the other end.

As reported by ABC News, Ben said, "I asked my Nan why she used 'please' and 'thank you' and it seemed she thinks that there is someone - a physical person - at Google's  headquarters who looks after the searches."

So next time you request Google for some information, don't be rude. They are observing you!
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