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First, some people just search this way on a regular basis. Strange, but I've met several who do. Bless their hearts. Second, often for queries of this type I'

• telemachos 17y ago
  > Also, I would have trouble boiling down most of these questions to keywords... Right, and fair enough. But to me that's a clue to the real answer: don't ask a search engine to solve your romantic issues.
  • btilly 17y ago
    The search engine won't solve them for you, but it likely gives non-specific advice that is better than what most of your friends will manage.
  • dstorrs 17y ago
    They [the people typing these questions] aren't. They are asking a search engine to connect them to people who have been in similar situations and might have advice.
    • telemachos 17y ago
      Perhaps - but I doubt that this is how the searchers actually view things. I suspect they just think "I want" and head for the Google box. Most of my students work this way now. Even if you're right though, I know the internet well enough to know I would look there for people to give me advice on any of these questions.
• randallsquared 17y ago
  I didn't search this way for years, but now I often do, especially when I know less about the area I'm searching in. Sometimes I don't even know enough to know what keyword to use, and full questions seem more likely to give Google something to work with in that case.