Framework for suggesting search terms

A system comprising:

• one or more computer programmed to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, via a search engine query input field of a user interface presented on client device, a query stem;
• before receiving an input submitting the query stem as a query to the search engine:
• obtaining, by one or more processors, a list of general queries based on the query stem;
• obtaining, by one or more processors, a list of local queries based the query stem and related to a location of the client device;
• selecting at least one general query from the list of general queries and at least one local query from the list of local queries for inclusion in a blended list of queries;
• determining a presentation order of the blended list of queries, including placing a local query that is a more specific version of a general query immediately next to the general query;
• and
• presenting the selected queries via the user interface, in accordance with the determined presentation order.