6. A computer-implemented method for providing category-specific search suggestions to a user, the method comprising: receiving from a user one or more characters associated with a search query to be executed against a set of data; determining a plurality of search queries relevant to the characters received from the user; associating each of the plurality of relevant search query suggestions with at least one of a plurality of search categories determined to be relevant to a respective search query; selecting a subset of the plurality of associated search categories based at least in part a relevance value for each category meeting a threshold relevance value, the relevance value indicating a strength of an association of each category in the subset of the plurality of associated search categories with the one or more of the plurality of relevant search query suggestions; providing for display at least the subset of the plurality of associated search categories and the plurality of relevant search query suggestions, the plurality of relevant search query suggestions including the one or more characters of the search query; determining an ordered set of some of the plurality of relevant search query suggestions and some of the plurality of associated search categories based at least in part on the relevance value of each category; and providing for display, within an allowable deviation from being simultaneous to receiving the one or more characters, a search suggestion window including the ordered set, wherein the some of the plurality of relevant search query suggestions and the some of the plurality of associated search categories in the ordered set are displayed concurrently in the search suggestion window, the some of the plurality of relevant search query suggestions and the some of the plurality of associated search categories selectable to be executed against the set of data in the associated search category.
11. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein the search categories associated with each search query in the ordered set of relevant search query suggestions is immediately visible.