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by shocks 4817 days ago
Most people (non-techies) I know will search "facebook" to get to facebook.com. The same with YouTube/Twitter/etc.
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My goto example of this is when a ReadWriteWeb article briefly become the top Google result for 'Facebook login' http://readwrite.com/2010/02/11/how_google_failed_internet_m...
Some people I know will search for "google" using the browser's search box to get to google, then type in "yahoo" into google to find yahoo's website, then click the "mail" icon to get at their email /o\
Hehe, I have seen this done. Crazy. :/