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If I recall correctly, the term "google" and "youtube" were among the most "googled" terms. People are too lazy to type out the URL anyway.
by martinni 11y ago
If I recall correctly, the term "google" and "youtube" were among the most "googled" terms. People are too lazy to type out the URL anyway.
- frandroid 11y agoThey're not just lazy; many people don't _understand_ what URLs are. They just navigate the web by googling for site names or whatever content they want.
- reddotX 11y agoha. like my dad
- samstave 11y agoAnd some are stuck in this way... I have attempted to train/show/explain how the URL bar is also the same as the search field on google.com.... even once they understood, the response was often - "Well, I don't care - this is how I do it and this is how I like to do it" /pulls out hair
- mikeash 11y agoIf it works, no matter how ridiculous, it's best just to let it be. https://xkcd.com/763/ https://xkcd.com/763/
- _fizz_buzz_ 11y agoHa! I know very well what a URL is, but I still navigate the web by googling.
- Consultant32452 11y agoI do too, but that's mostly because my address bar googles every string I type as I'm typing it.
- dlsx 11y agoI still type www dot... Call me old school I guess, but I just appreciate proper URL formatting. It took me a while to adjust to removing http:// http:// from the modern browser.
- ohitsdom 11y agoWe've basically never left the days of AOL keywords.
- downandout 11y agoTo a vast number of people, Google is the Internet. They don't know or care to know what a domain name is; they know the name YouTube and know that they type it into Google and then click the link at the top. That's why short domain names are not as important as unique brand names.