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If as a Win10 user I'm getting used to searching in the "Start" menu I'm not going to google.com

• jerf 9y ago
  The point is that if you're searching for "n", "no", "not", "note", "notep", "notepa" and "notepad" because you typed a bit slowly into your start menu, those 7 searches count for nothing by any useful metric, be it either anything a human was interested in, or anything an advertiser is interested it. Google doesn't lose out a search because typing "notepad" into the Start menu never meant a desire to search the internet in the first place. If Bing is counting those as searches they aren't very "real". I say "if" because I don't have any direct knowledge.
  • _Codemonkeyism 9y ago
    The point is that if you're searching for "n", "no", "not", "note", "notep", "notepa" and "notepad" [...] "notepad help" because you typed a bit slowly into your google search field, those 11 searches count for nothing by any useful metric, be it either anything a human was interested in, or anything an advertiser is interested it.
    • jerf 9y ago
      Thank you for repeating my point back at me...? I find myself seriously wondering if you're a bot?
      • _Codemonkeyism 9y ago
        You haven't read my comment.
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    • RugnirViking 9y ago
      Google doesn't search on every letter you type.