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can somebody explain how being on facebook stops people from searching on google?
by emwa 16y ago
can somebody explain how being on facebook stops people from searching on google?
- dchest 16y agoI guess, the more time they spend on Facebook, the less time they spend googling?
- jrockway 16y agoTwo different activities. If I want a map from 123 Fake St. to 742 Evergreen Terrace, I am going to use Google Maps, not Facebook. If I want to know how many degrees Fahrenheit 100 Celcius is, I'm not going to ask Facebook, I'm going to ask Google. If I want to look at drunken pictures of my friends, though, then I will definitely use Facebook. I use each tool for what it's good for, and I think most other people do the same because it comes naturally. (I hate structured socialization, though, so I don't use Facebook. But I can accept that I'm abnormal in that respect.)
- dotBen 16y agoIn MBA world there is this somewhat confused notion that if Facebook's search engine is powered by Bing then people who use Facebook a lot will naturally/organically start using their search (ie Bing) more. The halo effect. I don't think it really plays out because who searches in Facebook, and your browser search box is always present.