24% Internet Users Can Not Find Google

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Why am I not surprised at all the comments on this thread calling those people "stupid..."

You know what? You people the stupid ones, or at the very least the nearsighted as **** ones. All you geeks, who could cite the exact cooling performance gains from each generation of Arctic Silver to the next from memory, yet couldn't give me a real world fact such as the capital of any country outside of your continent without the aid of the Internet.

You grew up on things they didn't have, and they grew up on things you didn't have. Everyone is an expert some things clueless in others. I have many a client who would fall in that 24%. That has not prevented any of them from having successful careers as doctors, lawyers, accountants, media personalities, or small and large business owners.

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Somehow I doubt this is a reliable stat, he probably went to an old folks home with his laptop and asked them to google something. There is no way that anybody who is in school, anybody who has a decent job doesn't know how to google something.

@C++, I doubt there is any large business owner this day in age that would succeed without knowing how to use a computer. Almost every lawyer uses an online database instead of having countless stacks of books in their office. The only valid point you made was maybe some doctor with a tiny practice who has a file cabinet.

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Why am I not surprised at all the comments on this thread calling those people "stupid..."

You know what? You people the stupid ones, or at the very least the nearsighted as **** ones. All you geeks, who could cite the exact cooling performance gains from each generation of Arctic Silver to the next from memory, yet couldn't give me a real world fact such as the capital of any country outside of your continent without the aid of the Internet.

You grew up on things they didn't have, and they grew up on things you didn't have. Everyone is an expert some things clueless in others. I have many a client who would fall in that 24%. That has not prevented any of them from having successful careers as doctors, lawyers, accountants, media personalities, or small and large business owners.

well said, I agree with you 100%!

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Why am I not surprised at all the comments on this thread calling those people "stupid..."

You know what? You people the stupid ones, or at the very least the nearsighted as **** ones. All you geeks, who could cite the exact cooling performance gains from each generation of Arctic Silver to the next from memory, yet couldn't give me a real world fact such as the capital of any country outside of your continent without the aid of the Internet.

You grew up on things they didn't have, and they grew up on things you didn't have. Everyone is an expert some things clueless in others. I have many a client who would fall in that 24%. That has not prevented any of them from having successful careers as doctors, lawyers, accountants, media personalities, or small and large business owners.

It's not rocket science to find google. You can type it in several different variations in the url box and hit enter. You can type in "google" in the search box that most, if not all, web browsers have now a days. You type it in msn search, or yahoo, or ask.com, etc. If you can use a computer and have any basic problem solving skills, then you can find google.

So yes, those 24% of people are stupid.

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Geez... with so much research gone into usability, you'd think his own website would be more usable than it is. :no:

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It's not rocket science to find google. You can type it in several different variations in the url box and hit enter. You can type in "google" in the search box that most, if not all, web browsers have now a days. You type it in msn search, or yahoo, or ask.com, etc. If you can use a computer and have any basic problem solving skills, then you can find google.

So yes, those 24% of people are stupid.

You just proved his point...

Why am I not surprised at all the comments on this thread calling those people "stupid..."

You know what? You people the stupid ones, [snip]

Although, grammar is a completely separate issue apparently. :p

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My mom uses Firefox, and actually types 'Google.com' into the Google search bar to get to Google, to THEN search for something. She basically does that with everything--instead of using the address bar, she'll use the Google search box, and then find the site on Google.

What a waste of time.

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Why am I not surprised at all the comments on this thread calling those people "stupid..."

You know what? You people the stupid ones, or at the very least the nearsighted as **** ones. All you geeks, who could cite the exact cooling performance gains from each generation of Arctic Silver to the next from memory, yet couldn't give me a real world fact such as the capital of any country outside of your continent without the aid of the Internet.

You grew up on things they didn't have, and they grew up on things you didn't have. Everyone is an expert some things clueless in others. I have many a client who would fall in that 24%. That has not prevented any of them from having successful careers as doctors, lawyers, accountants, media personalities, or small and large business owners.

I can't believe the first measured response to the OP's article was six pages in. Well done and agreed.

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Why am I not surprised at all the comments on this thread calling those people "stupid..."

You know what? You people the stupid ones, or at the very least the nearsighted as **** ones. All you geeks, who could cite the exact cooling performance gains from each generation of Arctic Silver to the next from memory, yet couldn't give me a real world fact such as the capital of any country outside of your continent without the aid of the Internet.

You grew up on things they didn't have, and they grew up on things you didn't have. Everyone is an expert some things clueless in others. I have many a client who would fall in that 24%. That has not prevented any of them from having successful careers as doctors, lawyers, accountants, media personalities, or small and large business owners.

See, you almost did a nice thing in standing up for that 24%. But then you ruined it by acting like a douchebag to everyone that called them stupid. At least people here all calling them stupid is because there is evidence that they can show that would, at least somewhat, support that theory. This study was culturally relevant, because it is next to impossible to advance yourself professionally in the vast majority of the world if you do not have a working knowledge of basic computer tasks. Whether you like it or not the its the plain and simple truth, and this study brought to light a very sad statistic.

You, on the other hand, bring out an entirely baseless argument that you try to make a point with. You have no idea what kind of knowledge the people posting have, other than by what they post about. You base the majority of your point on a stereotype of what you think geeks do and don't know. While it may not be nice for people to call others stupid for the results of this study, it is far better than showing a blatant prejudice to those that this site was specifically designed to attract. Perhaps you would be better off going somewhere else where you feel you belong more.

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Why am I not surprised at all the comments on this thread calling those people "stupid..."

You know what? You people the stupid ones, or at the very least the nearsighted as **** ones. All you geeks, who could cite the exact cooling performance gains from each generation of Arctic Silver to the next from memory, yet couldn't give me a real world fact such as the capital of any country outside of your continent without the aid of the Internet.

You grew up on things they didn't have, and they grew up on things you didn't have. Everyone is an expert some things clueless in others. I have many a client who would fall in that 24%. That has not prevented any of them from having successful careers as doctors, lawyers, accountants, media personalities, or small and large business owners.

I absolutely agree that people should not be expected to become competent or advancedly skilled in every area but some minimal degree of all-round experience IS something I think is important... typing in Google into the address or search bar of an internet browser certainly falls within that category. I, as a member of the human race, am ashamed by the 24% of people highlighted in this study.

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I work for Sky Broadband, and quite a lot of customers don't even know what an address bar is. I've had people phone up saying their homepage is set to Google and that the internet isn't working? Idiot wanted sky as their homepage and didn't know what the **** to do. Then you have people who upon not knowing their left from right haven't a clue where the start button is and instead click on the time.

I really wish before allowing these ###### on computers, they'd have to run through a tutorial to atleast know the basics.

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That's not a surprise at all.

I'm sure 24% of the users don't know which one the lest mouse button is. And I'm damn serious.

Most people are not interested in computers and they know nothing about OS, Internet, etc.

Common mistakes:

1. Internet Explorer is "the Internet".

2. Windows Explorer = Internet Explorer.

3. No shortcut on the desktop = the software is not installed on the PC.

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Suren

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I absolutely agree that people should not be expected to become competent or advancedly skilled in every area but some minimal degree of all-round experience IS something I think is important... typing in Google into the address or search bar of an internet browser certainly falls within that category. I, as a member of the human race, am ashamed by the 24% of people highlighted in this study.

Whatever people like us think, finding google is not a survival skill :)

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