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In the case of Wikipedia: If a single search result answers someone's question, it probably wasn't all that profound. 30-volume encyclopedias are great for lea
by 8bitsrule 6y ago
In the case of Wikipedia: If a single search result answers someone's question, it probably wasn't all that profound.
30-volume encyclopedias are great for learning in depth, but sometimes you just need to know something fairly trivial... more digits in pi, say.
"71% of [Freddy Mercury] searches end there, without a click to a specific site."
I'd like to know about a lot of things in more depth, but there's only so much time. If I'm focused on reading something that just mentions a name (it assumes I know) I might just search it to complete that omission.
The article fails to differentiate the two search-types, and so leaves that important question hanging.