Comments on: No Google – day 28 http://grumbledook.com/2009/07/28/no-google-day-28/ Another Blog from Grumbledook & co Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:26:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: AngryTechnician http://grumbledook.com/2009/07/28/no-google-day-28/comment-page-1/#comment-151 AngryTechnician Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:34:28 +0000 http://grumbledook.com/?p=87#comment-151 I think it may simply be down to an extension of the fact that Google is so dominant in the consumer space. "To Google" something is practically synonymous with "To search for" something online, and a significant number of people view Google as <b>the</b> portal to the Internet, in the same way that AOL subscribers were led to believe there no other way to get to a site a decade ago. I've encountered many novice users who simply never type into a browser address bar; they type into the search box of whatever search engine is their home page, and that's very often Google. To them, Google is the Internet, and that's the attitude both teachers and students bring with them into the classroom. So really, it becomes a question of how they became so dominant in the consumer space, and that's an extensive subject to cover! I think it may simply be down to an extension of the fact that Google is so dominant in the consumer space. “To Google” something is practically synonymous with “To search for” something online, and a significant number of people view Google as the portal to the Internet, in the same way that AOL subscribers were led to believe there no other way to get to a site a decade ago.

I’ve encountered many novice users who simply never type into a browser address bar; they type into the search box of whatever search engine is their home page, and that’s very often Google. To them, Google is the Internet, and that’s the attitude both teachers and students bring with them into the classroom.

So really, it becomes a question of how they became so dominant in the consumer space, and that’s an extensive subject to cover!

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