24% Internet Users Can Not Find Google

[benplace]

I know people who have msn as their home page, will type google into the msn search bar and click the first result to get to google to search for something. lol

[Azusa]

There should be a test you have to take before they let you on the internet.

[Minimoose]

My mother has to type www.google.pt in the address/location bar.

In Portuguese: a Google | o Google.

"A Google" is feminine, coming from "A (companhia/empresa[company/enterprise]) Google".

"O Google" is masculine, coming from "O (s?tio web[website]) Google".

:huh::

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

you mean 1 in 4 people don't know how to use google...

Maybe it's just me, but I think I take my geeking too seriously when I say, how retarded do you need to be to not be able to find the easist web site in the damn world. if you know the name, you know the damn web site!

[Minimoose]

you mean 1 in 4 people don't know how to use google...

Maybe it's just me, but I think I take my geeking too seriously when I say, how retarded do you need to be to not be able to find the easist web site in the damn world. if you know the name, you know the damn web site!

on every web browser i tried all you have to do is type google into the address bar, without even the www, so maybe these people must not even know how to find the address bar :D

[PL_ Veteran]

There should be a test you have to take before they let you on the internet.

[The2]

Wow.

I knew someone who uses google to surf. Eg.

*Goes to google*

In the address bar types "www.domain.com"

And clicks the first result...

I do it sometimes, it's quite useful if you are not sure about the spelling..

[RAID 0]

They also refer to their desktop background still as their screensaver.

OMG. I HATE THAT! When I hear people say that, I just chime right in with, "you mean background, right?"

While we're on that topic, I want to slap people when they refer to the hard drive as memory. Then you have to explain how and why memory is different than a hard disk. This happens all the time. So sad.

[fix-this!]

google is overrated.

[GEIST]

I seriously hope the absolute majority of those 24% are simply old elderly people, because senility would be an acceptable excuse.

[sundayx Veteran]

Please tell me what google is....

[abecedarian paradoxious]

Doesn't surprise me considering IE is the only browser not to have Google as a default search.

Someone has to fight the monopoly....

[insomniac9]

these people should not be let loose near a computer if they can't do something as simple as find google. It would be more interesting if the broke this down into what percentage of mac, windows or linux users!

[tiagosilva29]

:huh:

What?

[Abhishek kapoor]

it is same like people giving their mail address and said at end all is in CAPITAL LETTERS ........

[zachman123]

these people should not be let loose near a computer if they can't do something as simple as find google. It would be more interesting if the broke this down into what percentage of mac, windows or linux users!

Except that some of them wouldn't know which OS they used...

[Guest]

Once I was on my friend's PC, started to use the Google search bar in IE7 and he was like "What're you doing?"

"Uhh.. I'm using Google.."

He had the Google toolbar installed and didn't know what that bar I was using was for.

Same with another friend.

[Jock Horror]

these people should not be let loose near a computer if they can't do something as simple as find google. It would be more interesting if the broke this down into what percentage of mac, windows or linux users!

there you go:

99% - windows

1% - mac

0% - linux

one smart enough to run linux, shall be able to find his/er way to google.com :cool:

Edited March 22, 2008 by Jock Horror

[ralph_tran]

While we're on that topic, I want to slap people when they refer to the hard drive as memory. Then you have to explain how and why memory is different than a hard disk. This happens all the time. So sad.

lol. or people who refer to their pc tower as the "CPU" or "hard drive"

[APH-Alex]

lol. or people who refer to their pc tower as the "CPU" or "hard drive"

Ohhhh I hate that, or people who press caps lock to type a capital letter and then turn it off and continue writing.

[Azmodan]

In other news, Internet Explorer comes with Live search as the default search engine.

[excalpius]

It's just about equal the number of people who still think Bush is doing a good job in office and matches the number of people on a bell curve who have a below average IQ, so yeah, that's about right. Ahem.

[Suren]

For people claiming that this test was performed with idiots they describe how the users were chosen here:

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/user-skills.html

Plus here is the original test page:

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/designer-user-differences.html

[SuperJediMedia]

I CAN find google, BUT the problem is search on google, doesn't always get me a result.

Google is SO OVER Rated, It can NOT find everything, period.

[Guest]

Ohhhh I hate that, or people who press caps lock to type a capital letter and then turn it off and continue writing.

I used to do that when I was a kid :blushing:.