• Facebook tops 2013 Google searches
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Let me guess. Most of those searches were just people who were too lazy to write a .com at the end.
I don't get why people google for "Google".
[QUOTE=Plaster;43210976]Let me guess. Most of those searches were just people who were too lazy to write a .com at the end.[/QUOTE] I hope. It would be a bit saddening if those people didn't know how to put URLs in the address bar and only manage to navigate because google is their home page.
[QUOTE=Samiam22;43210997]I hope. It would be a bit saddening if those people didn't know how to put URLs in the address bar and only manage to navigate because google is their home page.[/QUOTE] Doubt many people even has Google.com as their start page.
[QUOTE=Bo98;43210977]I don't get why people google for "Google".[/QUOTE] Trying to break the internet obviously.
[QUOTE=Bo98;43210977]I don't get why people google for "Google".[/QUOTE] If you're using Firefox or Chrome, typing a non-url statement in the address bar automatically googles what you put in, but even so what most people do is just type in google and go straight to the webste itself first for some reason
Today I learned: people don't know how to bookmark
[QUOTE]8. Daily Mail[/QUOTE] these are the end times
[QUOTE=Bo98;43210977]I don't get why people google for "Google".[/QUOTE] If you try chrome and open a new tab it has a tab google search page which is misleading as when you type, even if you try to type in the tab search box, it will type it in the address bar, so people end up typing google in the top. Ironicly, googling "google" on a google.
[QUOTE=Doomish;43211167]If you're using Firefox or Chrome, typing a non-url statement in the address bar automatically googles what you put in, but even so what most people do is just type in google and go straight to the webste itself first for some reason[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Sword and Paint;43211659]If you try chrome and open a new tab it has a tab google search page which is misleading as when you type, even if you try to type in the tab search box, it will type it in the address bar, so people end up typing google in the top. Ironicly, googling "google" on a google.[/QUOTE] Yeah but surely people will learn after the first time. Obviously not.
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[QUOTE=Doomish;43211167]If you're using Firefox or Chrome, typing a non-url statement in the address bar automatically googles what you put in, but even so what most people do is just type in google and go straight to the webste itself first for some reason[/QUOTE] Guilty as charged for this. I don't know, maybe I'm just not used to typing it in the bar or prefer it on the google homepage. I have no proper excuse, I just prefer the google homepage. :(
[QUOTE=Kickin Balls;43212776]Guilty as charged for this. I don't know, maybe I'm just not used to typing it in the bar or prefer it on the google homepage. I have no proper excuse, I just prefer the google homepage. :([/QUOTE] I do it too mostly because sometimes I type stuff in with punctuation, which firefox's address bar will interpret as a link even if it actually isn't and then it will try to go to "http://what's-the-name-of-that-dude-from-soundgarden&%20%?/=" and i'll just be there like :|
DuckDuckGo here. [IMG]http://puu.sh/5PL16.png[/IMG] I'm assuming this thread is turning into a 'homepage' thread.
I think Google is a fucking wizard. Sometimes I type so crazy shit into the search bar and it [i]always[/i] knows what I was looking for.
hotmail is so much better than gmail though
[QUOTE=Xmeagol;43216974]hotmail is so much better than gmail though[/QUOTE] When I used Hotmail it seemed like a 50/50 chance whether an important email would end up in my spam folder or not.
[QUOTE=Xmeagol;43216974]hotmail is so much better than gmail though[/QUOTE] I've once wrote an letter for a job interview using hotmail, didn't got any answer till I checked the spam folder and saw that I missed the meeting. Will never use hotmail again.
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