Recommend Me Something?
Dear English Speakers,

I've made a thorough search on the Internet about the usage of "recommend". There's one pattern which always puzzles me.
I found a Google search about the usage of "to recommend me something”:
"Recommended a book to me": 45,300 hits. "Recommended me a book": 42,000 hits.
"Recommended the movie to me": 49,600 hits. "Recommended me the movie": 64,500 hits.
I once read that putting "me" after "to recommend" is unnecessary (https://www.italki.com/discussion/174216).
I know that Google search isn't always the truth. However, when mistakes become a majority, it could be true, right?I found an interesting explanation by an EFL teacher on https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/recommend-to-me.584096/

"Recommend" needs a direct object. The direct object is the thing being recommended, not the person being recommended to. If you need the indirect object ("to me"), put it at the end. But normally we don't say the indirect object (to me) unless you have to specify.

She recommends me to your boss. Correct. "Me" is the thing being recommended.
She recommended a good restaurant. Correct. The restaurant is the thing being recommended.
She recommended me a good restaurant. Incorrect (although I say it in speech). The restaurant is being recommended, not you.
I'm buying the ones they recommended me. Incorrect (even in speech it sounds bad). Again, the thing is being recommended, not you.
I'm buying the ones they recommended. Correct.

But if you need to specify, you can add the indirect object but it has to be at the end:

She recommended a good restaurant.
She recommended a good restaurant to your mom?
No no, she recommended a good restaurant to me. My mom never eats out.

I'm buying the shoes they recommended.
The shoes for old people?
No stupid! I'm buying the shoes they recommended for athletes.

So for "recommend", don't say me unless it is necessary for clarification or you are actually recommending a person (he/she is the direct object). It's the same with "suggest, repeat, pronounce, report, review", etc.

Question

Recommend Me Something?
Dear English Speakers,

I've made a thorough search on the Internet about the usage of "recommend". There's one pattern which always puzzles me.
     I found a Google search about the usage of "to recommend me something”:
"Recommended a book to me": 45,300 hits. "Recommended me a book": 42,000 hits.
"Recommended the movie to me": 49,600 hits. "Recommended me the movie": 64,500 hits.
      I once read that putting "me" after "to recommend" is unnecessary (https://www.italki.com/discussion/174216). 
      I know that Google search isn't always the truth. However, when mistakes become a majority, it could be true, right?I found an interesting explanation by an EFL teacher on https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/recommend-to-me.584096/

"Recommend" needs a direct object. The direct object is the thing being recommended, not the person being recommended to. If you need the indirect object ("to me"), put it at the end. But normally we don't say the indirect object (to me) unless you have to specify.

She recommends me to your boss. Correct. "Me" is the thing being recommended.
She recommended a good restaurant. Correct. The restaurant is the thing being recommended.
She recommended me a good restaurant. Incorrect (although I say it in speech). The restaurant is being recommended, not you.
I'm buying the ones they recommended me. Incorrect (even in speech it sounds bad). Again, the thing is being recommended, not you.
I'm buying the ones they recommended. Correct.

But if you need to specify, you can add the indirect object but it has to be at the end:

She recommended a good restaurant.
She recommended a good restaurant to your mom?
No no, she recommended a good restaurant to me. My mom never eats out.

I'm buying the shoes they recommended.
The shoes for old people?
No stupid! I'm buying the shoes they recommended for athletes.

So for "recommend", don't say me unless it is necessary for clarification or you are actually recommending a person (he/she is the direct object). It's the same with "suggest, repeat, pronounce, report, review", etc.

Answer

Im not sure what you are asking specifically, because all those answers are possible but the sentence needs to be in context.  Ill just give a few examples that are correct.
Can you recommend a good movie for me to watch ?  Can you please recommend a nice place for dinner ?
My friend recommended this song that  I am listening to now, I enjoy it a lot.  The book store owner recommend this novel to me.

Answer

Terecia,

both "to recommend me something" and to recommend something to me" are correct

Additionally, you said,
"She recommended me a good restaurant. Incorrect (although I say it in speech). The restaurant is being recommended, not you." However, this is correct. The direct object "good restaurant" comes after the indirect object "me." An example of this with another word is, she gave ME(indirect object, receiving the item) THE APPLE (direct object, what is given). Likewise it is also correct to say "she gave the apple to me."

One way to understand this is that the indirect object must always come first, but the second example has the indirect object in a prepositional phrase, so it doesn't matter. In English prepositional phrases don't affect grammar, you can put as many in as you want at the end of a sentence and it won't effect the beginning. Because "to" is a preposition in recommend TO me, you can ignore the "to me" for grammar purposes and the sentence functions as if there is only a direct object.

an example of this:
SHE GAVE THE APPLE to me in the garden behind the house across the street at night.
has the same grammar as
SHE GAVE THE APPLE

Additionally some examples of "recommend"

I recommend you to them
I recommend you the theater
I recommend the theater to you (all are correct, but this sounds the most natural to me)

you recommend me the movie.
Bob recommends Steve the sandwich shop.

Lastly, if you put a comma after the indirect object it becomes incorrect.
For example:
You recommend me, the burger. (this is incorrect because the comma makes the direct object into an introduction and basically means, me who is the burger)
so as long as you don't use a comma you will be fine whichever way you use it.

Also, I forgot, but here is a website that uses recommend me 
https://www.grammaring.com/to-infinitive-or-gerund-advise-recommend-allow-permit-forbid-require
Not the same topic, but it's an example.

Answer

When you are specifically talking about yourself. you can use "me" . Often times recommend can you used for general terms or recommending to the group or a group of people.

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那，别客气哦， Nanren888- 新西兰。

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Many thanks for an excellent answer to your own question.
Very useful, thanks. :)