I am one of these users, but with a twist: I use a bookmark keyword
(Firefox) to "I'm Feeling Lucky" of Google:
http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&btnI=I'm+Feeling+Lucky
This allows me to type "l ixda", and voilà, I'm on http://www.ixda.org/!
-- Claude
On Feb 1, 2008 1:36 PM, Alexander Baxevanis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Take a look at:
>
> http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/zeitgeist2007/
>
> where Google gives an indication of popular queries for 2007. Among
> the top ones you will see queries such as "myspace", "facebook",
> "youtube", "tmz", "dailymotion", "badoo" etc. (I have even heard of a
> sizable amount of queries for the word "google").
>
> All the above are names of website which would have been accessed by
> typing for example www.tmz.com.
> So there is strong indication that people are using google a
> "shortcut" engine as well as a search engine. Not sure if all these
> queries come from people typing in the browser search box or if they
> have google as their home page and type it in the standard google text
> box.
>
> But I definitely think there's scope for a better shortcut/history
> mechanism in browsers.
>
> Cheers,
> Alex
>
>
> On Feb 1, 2008 3:43 AM, Dr. Peter J. Meyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I think you're probably right about that. I've also noticed a tendency for
> > users to get stuck in a pattern. They visit a site the first time by going
> > through a certain chain of actions on Google, and from then on out they
> > continue to visit the site via that chain. Sometimes, this borders on the
> > bizarre, including browsing through multiple pages of search results and/or
> > clicking on PPC ads (very annoying if you're the one paying for those ad
> > clicks).
> >
> > People are strange, but I guess that's what keeps us employed :)
> >
> > - Pete
> >
> > On Jan 31, 2008 9:20 PM, Christine Boese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > It also may belie user dissatisfaction with the navigation systems of
> > > sites they really want to use, in spite of getting lost or not finding
> > > what
> > > they may even know is there.
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Dr. Peter J. Meyers
> > President
> > User Effect
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> > (847) 708-6007
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