Wednesday, June 17, 2009
what's a browser?

Google asks 50 random pedestrians in New York City what a browser is. No surprise - only 8% actually got the answer right.

Ironically, many people thought that Google was a browser. And they weren't talking about Chrome.

This reminds me of the time I heard a client ask a co-worker "do I have the Google on my computer?" Remember this, the next time you're trying to explain Twitter to your boss.

Labels: chrome, google, technology

posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:01 AM   3 comments

3 Comments:

At 9:24 AM,  Matt Hunsberger said...

This has no point. Good job Google.  

At 3:44 PM,  Gavin Heaton said...

A couple of years ago I was surprised to see that the main search keyword driving traffic to my website was my actual web address. Then I realised that's the way people use the web. They start with the Google homepage and type the address they want into Google search. Heaven forbid if you asked people what a location bar is.  

At 5:12 PM,  darryl ohrt said...

I had a similar experience with a client a couple of years ago. We had just launched a site for him, and I was on the phone telling him it was live.

Client: It's not loading for me.
Me: Are you sure? Can you refresh?
(repeat several times.)

Lots of back and forth, troubleshooting, double-checking all browsers, and I finally got to the bottom of it:

He was typing the url for the site that just launched minutes ago into the Google search field. :)  

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