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I don't think that's true, certainly people rely on search engines more now than ever, but people still know the domain names of their most common destinations
by root_axis 9y ago
I don't think that's true, certainly people rely on search engines more now than ever, but people still know the domain names of their most common destinations e.g google, facebook, reddit, amazon, gmail, ebay, github, youtube, pornhub aol etc. It's also pretty common to see people visit domains directly after being instructed to do so by advertising provided the domain name is easy to remember e.g. hotels.com, indeed.com, apple.com etc. Also, individuals quickly become familiar with sites that they visit habitually; certainly most users of gofundme pateron, paypal etc are not doing a google search to discover these URLs, they just type them in (and often the browser autocompletes it for them)
- omikun 9y agoOn the flip side, I've seen and heard of other people who have seen kids who type facebook in to the search bar to go to facebook.com. What fraction of people do this right now? What fraction of new internet users do this? It would be interesting to find out. Perhaps in the not too distant future, most internet users will be doing this.
- bryanrasmussen 9y agoI was perhaps hyperbolic, after all I remember the domain name to access the network application, but I'm a programmer and I only do it for a limited number of applications. Otherwise I use one of the applications I remember to find the ones that are not among my most frequently used. In this way it calls into question the whole killer app thing of having a domain name, because in most cases you need something sitting between you and the domain name that gives you the right domain name for what you want loaded.