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However, for lots of people the Google search box IS the address bar - this is true in both IE and Chrome.
by dholowiski 15y ago
However, for lots of people the Google search box IS the address bar - this is true in both IE and Chrome.
- hugh3 15y agoI don't know about IE, but in Chrome you'd have to work at it to actually search for "facebook" rather than going to facebook.com. Try it. Type "facebook". Heck, on most folks' machines you can just type "f". It'll auto-complete the URL. If you want to actually google for "facebook" you'll have to type "facebook " with a space.
- wahnfrieden 15y agoActually you just type ?facebook to force it to search. This even works with URLs: ?facebook.com
- bruceboughton 15y agoYou may be correct but you're missing the point.
- wahnfrieden 15y agoSorry, it was besides the point, not missing the point though.
- wahnfrieden 15y agoSorry, it was besides the point, not missing the point though.
- pedalpete 15y agobut with autocomplete, would they be going directly to the URL? or would it complete a search first? If you aren't sharing your browsing habits with Google or Microsoft, would this behavior show up? Also, this won't show a 'change' in behavior over the last few months or a year because the address bar has acted as search for some time already.