My Google’s Addiction : Sorry Guys, but I Do Love Google Search
Recently it occurred to me that I not only use Google search to find information. Google is able to instantly answer many more of my daily questions and fulfill some of my daily tasks. I feel that Google search is making me addicted to it and at the same time lazy.
I admit that due to my profession my search habits are different from other non-SEM surfers. But love it or hate it Google is doing a tremendously great job at finding what you are actually looking for. And below I listed only few examples of how it can help me beside actually searching:
1. I no more mind my spelling:
2. I find it more natural to go to a site through Google SERPs than through browser navigation bar (and I am in no way alone: Google’s third fastest rising search trend across the universe was facebook - and I bet most people searching for it just wanted to get to the site):
3. I search any site (even the one owned by myself) with Google because I am more familiar with Google search options and settings and can search more effectively there:
4. I use Google instead of a dictionary (note: I blog in a foreign language, so I often need an outside help to put things together). How do I do that? That’s easy: I try searching Google for both phrases and compare the number of results (the more people use the phrase, the more correct it appears to be):
5. Very often I even don’t have to leave Google’s results page to find the answer:
6. Most often I don’t have to rack my brain to brainstorm for a word related topics:
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10 Responses to “My Google’s Addiction : Sorry Guys, but I Do Love Google Search”
(the more people use the phrase, the more correct it appears to be):
Better not count on that too much. An awful lot of people use poor English - me for example.
By David LaFerney on Jun 6, 2008
I think we are all addicted to that powerful system called Google, and it deserves it. It might have been turning us lazy, but, it turned us to use our mind in some other way to make our pages friendly to it!
By Sherif on Jun 6, 2008
Using Google to check for idiom use is an interesting approach. I like it.
While it is sometimes clear that English is not your first language - it is not always clear that it is not. So you must be doing something right.
Great post Ann!
By Vinny on Jun 9, 2008
A great argument for mobile search, no?
By paisley on Jun 10, 2008
I occasionally need to translate something into Spanish, and if I’m not convinced that my grammar is correct, I’ll do the same trick of trying a couple of variations in google.es to see which is more popular.
David (above) makes a good point about not relying on web users for good grammar; I tend to look for examples on more credible, authoritative sites, rather than blog posts.
And for my own blog, I actively search for examples of bad grammar!
By Carolyn on Jun 10, 2008
Hi Ann,
I love the define: operator very much, great feature!
But I wouldn’t trust the spelling correction to the end of the world. Occasionally, the suggestions are weird. Some time ago the search results page for “Riesenkamel” (Giant Camel) on the german google.de asked if you mean something totally different instead: some part of the male anatomy that might also be gigantic. Well, it was the “google of the day” in the blogosphere and really nice entertainment
By Alphane Moon on Jun 21, 2008
Hi Ann
I agree with you , Google search is great,
it has helped me many, many times.
There are many tips to search with google,
we have to try.
http://www.homeswaiting.com
By julio on Jul 17, 2008
Yes Ann you are right google is becoming an intoxication for all of us. We can live without google. The most important thing is that SEOs are filling their stomach by using google only. Are you are agree or not ?
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By Lindsay Hogan on Jul 31, 2008