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> which leads to newly launched website owners thinking their website isn't accessible I mean, practically, if it doesn't turn up when searched for, it _isn't_

• tedeh 8y ago
  Completely new sites might take a while to rank, even for the exact keyword/business name.
• stephenhuey 8y ago
  I hear you, except in reality there are plenty of places a new business might expect users to navigate to their website from, e.g. their URL could be listed in a common proprietary platform such as Yelp or Twitter, and it could also be in a marketing email or even a business card. Hopefully new generations will understand what a URL is, and perhaps some informative campaigns could keep the public aware. We learned how to describe directions around a cute town on a piece of paper when I was in the 2nd grade, so why shouldn't elementary schools teach basic internet essentials to kids at some fairly early grade level?
• jessaustin 8y ago
  If they're on AdWords, they could be paying dollars-not-cents every time they google themselves and click on the first (paid) link. Just because they're happy to pay the racketeers when a customer does that, doesn't mean they should pay the racketeers even more because of their own poor understanding of browser use.
• josefresco 8y ago
  I'm talking about 20 minutes to several hours after launch. Also, many won't "google" their website address, but instead their business name. For a newly launched website, many national business directory listings (manta, angies list etc.) will outrank the official site for quite some time.