Comments on: just hit search http://www.alandix.com/blog/2009/01/14/just-hit-search/ just starting ... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:36:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Nick Taylor http://www.alandix.com/blog/2009/01/14/just-hit-search/comment-page-1/#comment-23158 Nick Taylor Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:10:14 +0000 http://www.alandix.com/blog/?p=119#comment-23158 I wonder if this has anything to do with the increasing acceptance of the web and its integration into everyday life. People no longer think about visiting the BBC's newfangled web-based embassy, but see the site as a perfectly normal and integral part of the organisation itself. I'm not a big fan of Google Chrome, but I think their integrated address/history/search bar is a winning idea that better supports modern usage... I wonder if this has anything to do with the increasing acceptance of the web and its integration into everyday life. People no longer think about visiting the BBC’s newfangled web-based embassy, but see the site as a perfectly normal and integral part of the organisation itself.

I’m not a big fan of Google Chrome, but I think their integrated address/history/search bar is a winning idea that better supports modern usage…

]]> By: Rob Styles http://www.alandix.com/blog/2009/01/14/just-hit-search/comment-page-1/#comment-23157 Rob Styles Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:19:40 +0000 http://www.alandix.com/blog/?p=119#comment-23157 Interesting thoughts. Watching non-IT users browse I have often seen them simply search for sites by domain name. And of course, there's always the confusion of putting a URL as the address for an email, or pasting an email address into the browser and expecting a web site... On the Google search figures, assuming the calculation is roughly the same, can we not just multiply the 40 million search figure that Kersten used by his error factor of 35 to give 1.4 billion searches for 2005? That assumes the data centre figures were accurate. rob Interesting thoughts. Watching non-IT users browse I have often seen them simply search for sites by domain name. And of course, there’s always the confusion of putting a URL as the address for an email, or pasting an email address into the browser and expecting a web site…

On the Google search figures, assuming the calculation is roughly the same, can we not just multiply the 40 million search figure that Kersten used by his error factor of 35 to give 1.4 billion searches for 2005? That assumes the data centre figures were accurate.

rob

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