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Normal users don't enter hostnames directly any longer. Even for the most common sites like YouTube.com, Facebook.com and Amazon.com they will largely search th
by dublinben 6y ago
Normal users don't enter hostnames directly any longer. Even for the most common sites like YouTube.com, Facebook.com and Amazon.com they will largely search the name and then click on the top search result.
This behaviour actually suits Google well, because their incredibly lucrative "promoted results" are shown before the real destination site. You can't charge an advertising tax on users who browse directly to their destination.
- oconnor663 6y agoNormal users don't type "fa" in the browser bar and get autocompleted to "facebook.com"?