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LazaroFilm ,
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Could also be due to the fact that the search bar and the address bar is the same, if you forget, or don’t know to put.com at the end, it will take you straight to the search page.

Kalcifer ,

The data in that graph doesn’t show what your title is inferring. For one, the y-axis is relative, and not absolute. Secondly, your data range is set to the past week so this says nothing about how this method of searching is trending over any useful period of time.

bergkoenig ,

Ctrl+Enter!

Greenskye ,

Blame chrome. Autofill doesn’t include .com? Welp, guess I’ll just hit the top search link instead then.

Judgy_McJudgerson ,

For the pop up sites on Facebook that try to sell me stuff, I’ll investigate them before going over to their actual website. Sometimes “legit?” or “scam” will auto populate. Sometimes it doesn’t.

BURN ,

I’m guilty of this. If the .com doesn’t auto fill it’s just as fast to get there from google. Especially if I’m trying to get to a homepage/landing page instead of my bookmarked page

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA ,
@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world avatar

It’s often a typo on the chrome keyboard. Like, I typed in Google.com and it searched for it instead of going there and I don’t know why the fuck the damn thing isn’t doing what I want

amenotef ,
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I do use Reddit (maybe in the future will start using Lemmy) as a suffix for my searches. But not sure if it counts as one of these searches.

Saneless ,

Android keyboards are still so terrible that I often type “site com” because I hit the space instead of period

Though as a site analyst for many years, this is accurate. Our domain was the top incoming search phrase for a long time. Varied by browser, like IE since it had a separate search bar. Chrome just took them right to our site

breakfastburrito ,

I have the opposite problem on iOS. Every time I try to search for something it.comes.out.like.this and then takes me to a website that doesn’t exist. So frustrating!

relevant_ace ,

It’s actually a tip I was taught so as to avoid accidentally entering a scam or phishing site instead. Of course, then there’s the Google Ads being the ‘result’ and those are the new phishing sites…

some_guy ,

My father did this. I started trying to explain things to him but stopped after about 10s. It wasn’t worth it. I could teach him other stuff.

Timwi ,
@Timwi@kbin.social avatar

This data doesn't show how many people click on the 2nd, 3rd etc. results instead of the first.

BillDaCatt ,
@BillDaCatt@kbin.social avatar

Considering how many web addresses with similar spellings lead to malware sites, it's usually safer to do a search rather than typing a long address from memory.

marmar04 ,

Especially if you don't remember if it's a .com, .net or .org

lightsecond ,

I’d using reddit.tk for the longest time before i realised that i was supposed to be on reddit.xxx

LChitman ,
@LChitman@kbin.social avatar

At my work, they had to put a link to Google on the intranet because people didn't know how to get there if it wasn't their homepage.

Izzy ,
@Izzy@lemmy.world avatar

Have people never heard of bookmarks?

RogueTyre ,

Because I don’t clutter my neatly organised folders for things I use once in a while. And if auto complete doesn’t finish, googling and selecting the first non ad site is a safe bet when u don’t know the full address.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA ,
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