Putting "Search" into Google yields a surprising result

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Post by ColinWright » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 9:21 PM UTC

Putting "Search" into Google yields a surprising result
google.com

Re: Putting "Search" into Google yields a surprising result

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Post by benologist » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 9:39 PM UTC

It's not that surprising, Google doesn't have to optimize for 'search' because they're synonymous for it.

Re: Putting "Search" into Google yields a surprising result

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Post by tryke » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 9:41 PM UTC

Since "Google" has become its own verb, it makes sense that few people link to google.com with the word "Search".

Re: Putting "Search" into Google yields a surprising result

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Post by MattBearman » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 9:41 PM UTC

benologist wrote: post #2

It's not that surprising, Google doesn't have to optimize for 'search' because they're synonymous for it.

Not only that, but if you're already on Google searching for 'search', Google is clearly not what you're looking for...

Re: Putting "Search" into Google yields a surprising result

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Post by beforebeta » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 9:45 PM UTC

Google appears as the last result on the search page!

Re: Putting "Search" into Google yields a surprising result

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Post by Daniel_Newby » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 9:46 PM UTC

On Bing, "search" goes to Yahoo.

Re: Putting "Search" into Google yields a surprising result

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Post by DanielRibeiro » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 9:49 PM UTC

Daniel_Newby wrote: post #6

On Bing, "search" goes to Yahoo.

Which (unsurprisingly, as noted by the replies) itself yields Yahoo when you search "search" [1]

[1] http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AjCXgFY8lSKJSSw5JLdr1HSb...

Re: Putting "Search" into Google yields a surprising result

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Post by nsavant » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 9:49 PM UTC

I never "search" for things. I "google" them.

Re: Putting "Search" into Google yields a surprising result

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Post by farnsworth » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 9:49 PM UTC

MattBearman wrote: post #4

benologist wrote: post #2

It's not that surprising, Google doesn't have to optimize for 'search' because they're synonymous for it.

Not only that, but if you're already on Google searching for 'search', Google is clearly not what you're looking for...

You haven't seen some of my friends try to use a computer.

Re: Putting "Search" into Google yields a surprising result

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Post by btilly » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 9:49 PM UTC

The most surprising thing about it for me is that it told me that someone I knew had shared bing on buzz earlier this year.