[conductr]

I tend to agree with your view, or am biased because it reflects my pattern. However I would add, browsers (Chrome at least) have a bit of a dark pattern that pushes people towards a search making searches very common although not always needed/intended.

For example, when I type the first 4 letters of my bank's URL, the omnibox has 3 suggestions prior to the direct bank URL even though it's a site I frequently visit and google knows that. They want me to search "BANK NAME" because then I'm more likely to click on the top link which of course is an ad.

[vtlynch]

>For example, when I type the first 4 letters of my bank's URL, the omnibox has 3 suggestions prior to the direct bank URL even though it's a site I frequently visit and google knows that. They want me to search "BANK NAME" because then I'm more likely to click on the top link which of course is an ad.

This is strange. For nearly every letter on the keyboard, Chrome's first suggestion in the address bar is a site I regularly visit. I.e. for p its paypal.com, for e its ebay.com.

There are almost no cases where the first suggestion isnt a direct URL. I wonder what settings differ between us.

[funnyfacts365]

You shouldn't use Chrome