I just starting doing it a couple of years ago when browsers began to support searching from the address bar. Why do it do it? Sometimes I don't know the exact

I just starting doing it a couple of years ago when browsers began to support searching from the address bar. Why do it do it? Sometimes I don't know the exact URL of a site (is it .org or .net), sometimes I want to avoid entering scam sites, sometimes I am just lazy and want to type less.