[LINK] Google now 70% of US search engine users

[Sylvano]

On Thu, August 14, 2008 11:20 am, Ivan Trundle wrote:

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> Would
> be interesting to gauge how many people type URLs into the URL bar, or
> simply use Google to give them a two-step process to find and go to
> the URL.

A commentator on this question, with the posting replies tending to fairly
heavily land on the side of 'just use the search box' approach.

Is Google Trumping The URL?
May 1st, 2008 by Robin Cannon

"Of the top ten US based search terms [2007], seven would have taken users
directly to the page they were looking for if typed into the address bar
as a .com."

 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/is-google-trumping-the-url/6820/

Sylvano

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