Comment Re:homes of intimidated users (Score 1) 347
I think this "searching for google on yahoo" (and vice-versa) phenomenon is caused by having their respective toolbars pre-installed on many new PCs. The average user doesn't know the difference between the address field, and the toolbar search field. So with [insert PC mfr's name]'s home page as the default, most average users just type an address or site name in the toolbar search. I've witnessed it myself with my wife, dad, and several friends. They don't care about the difference between address and search. Search usually gets them something they can use.
I bet MSN (or whatever it's become these days) has a similar search statistic as IE's default engine for searching from the address bar.
I bet MSN (or whatever it's become these days) has a similar search statistic as IE's default engine for searching from the address bar.
