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That's confusing two different concepts. URLs are the equivalent of a full postal address whereas searching is the equivalent of asking a stranger how to get s

That's confusing two different concepts. URLs are the equivalent of a full postal address whereas searching is the equivalent of asking a stranger how to get somewhere. Why would you want to always ask and trust a search engine when you already know how to get somewhere? DNS spoofing aside, I know I can trust anything under, for example, bbc.co.uk and I know where /radio, /news etc takes me. Guess what, so do my seventy year old parents!

shocks 13y ago
Most people (non-techies) I know will search "facebook" to get to facebook.com. The same with YouTube/Twitter/etc.
- moreati 13y ago
  My goto example of this is when a ReadWriteWeb article briefly become the top Google result for 'Facebook login' http://readwrite.com/2010/02/11/how_google_failed_internet_meme http://readwrite.com/2010/02/11/how_google_failed_internet_m...
- Shish2k 13y ago
  Some people I know will search for "google" using the browser's search box to get to google, then type in "yahoo" into google to find yahoo's website, then click the "mail" icon to get at their email /o\
  - shocks 13y ago
    Hehe, I have seen this done. Crazy. :/
CodeCube 13y ago
That's a sample size of one person's experience. I on the other hand am constantly meeting people who's only mode of navigation on the web involves typing the word "facebook", or "gmail", or, yes, even "google" into the address bar, and then clicking on the relevant google search result. It drives me crazy, and despite my constant wailings using the same exact argument you make above ("Why would you want to always ask and trust a search engine when you already know how to get somewhere?") ... they simply shrug their shoulders and keep on keepin' on.
- alistair77 13y ago
  Yes, I can't argue with that, though I am meeting an increasing number of non-techies who are interested in different (better) ways of using the web and IT in general.

shocks 13y ago

Most people (non-techies) I know will search "facebook" to get to facebook.com. The same with YouTube/Twitter/etc.

moreati 13y ago
My goto example of this is when a ReadWriteWeb article briefly become the top Google result for 'Facebook login' http://readwrite.com/2010/02/11/how_google_failed_internet_meme http://readwrite.com/2010/02/11/how_google_failed_internet_m...
Shish2k 13y ago
Some people I know will search for "google" using the browser's search box to get to google, then type in "yahoo" into google to find yahoo's website, then click the "mail" icon to get at their email /o\
- shocks 13y ago
  Hehe, I have seen this done. Crazy. :/

CodeCube 13y ago

That's a sample size of one person's experience. I on the other hand am constantly meeting people who's only mode of navigation on the web involves typing the word "facebook", or "gmail", or, yes, even "google" into the address bar, and then clicking on the relevant google search result. It drives me crazy, and despite my constant wailings using the same exact argument you make above ("Why would you want to always ask and trust a search engine when you already know how to get somewhere?") ... they simply shrug their shoulders and keep on keepin' on.

alistair77 13y ago
Yes, I can't argue with that, though I am meeting an increasing number of non-techies who are interested in different (better) ways of using the web and IT in general.