How many times per week do you google/wiki something?

**sweetredhead** · 09-23-2008, 12:53 PM

Google yes all the time but wiki not so much

**uno** · 09-23-2008, 12:53 PM

Do people still go to the library?

**Cyandin** · 09-23-2008, 12:56 PM

Originally posted by uno

Do people still go to the library?

Not that I know of. We all have teh interwebz at home, and can download pdf's.

**Fletch XXX** · 09-23-2008, 12:56 PM

i wiki all day long, i have it as default search bar on firefox toolbar

wiki, dictionary, and google are my friends

**Brad** · 09-23-2008, 12:57 PM

Well you kind of answered your own question as to why people are generally stupid these days. If you just accept what google has ranked at the top as your answer, chances are you are no less educated on a subject than you were when you began. Assuming you have ever done research at a library you already knew that.

But ya, computer indexing and electronic copies of trusted periodicals really save time. I can't even begin to imagine how much time it would have taken to do real research on a subject before the internet. I've done the library thing, but only when the source wasn't available electronically...and anyone who has been to university in the last decade knows that most of everything is indexed online now.

**Cyandin** · 09-23-2008, 12:58 PM

Originally posted by Fletch XXX

i wiki all day long, i have it as default search bar on firefox toolbar

wiki, dictionary, and google are my friends

yeah, i use dictionary.com to confirm spellings on odd words when i'm not %100 sure i got it right.

**Rochard** · 09-23-2008, 01:02 PM

I created my own stage page from scratch that I keep locally on my machine. It has google and google picture search built into it. I use that dozens of times a day.

I also love Wikipedia and I must hit that twenty times a day.

**Cyandin** · 09-23-2008, 01:03 PM

Originally posted by Adult Lounge - Brad

Well you kind of answered your own question as to why people are generally stupid these days. If you just accept what google has ranked at the top as your answer, chances are you are no less educated on a subject than you were when you began. Assuming you have ever done research at a library you already knew that.

But ya, computer indexing and electronic copies of trusted periodicals really save time. I can't even begin to imagine how much time it would have taken to do real research on a subject before the internet. I've done the library thing, but only when the source wasn't available electronically...and anyone who has been to university in the last decade knows that most of everything is indexed online now.

You're absolutely right about google. As much as I use it, you have to take PR with a grain of salt, and often look at the first two pages of results, as your top results are often 'sponsored', aka someone paying to make their version of the truth at the forefront.

I did plenty of library research back in the day, and though it was grueling, it did yield a generally more solid quality of information. I think you can get that same quality online, it just takes a little practice and discerning judgment on sources.

**jpwhits** · 09-23-2008, 01:04 PM

Like 500 for google? Maybe 100 for wikipedia because i read it at work.

**V_RocKs** · 09-23-2008, 01:06 PM

100's a day.

**Manowar** · 09-23-2008, 01:09 PM

easily into the hundreds

**SBJ** · 09-23-2008, 01:10 PM

I use my google search in my toolbar like 10 times a hour haha. Sometimes i use it just to see if I'm spelling a word correctly since ff browser spell check is very limited.

I also have my laptop on while watching tv and do tons of google searches for stuff or shows i see on tv.. Google is the most used site I use daily I would say

**CurrentlySober** · 09-23-2008, 01:17 PM

Originally posted by uno

Do people still go to the library?

Whats a 'Library'???

**CurrentlySober** · 09-23-2008, 01:18 PM

Originally posted by ThatGuyInTheCorner

Whats a 'Library'???

Dont worry... I'll google it... Then use the link from google that leads to Wiki to find my answer...

**CurrentlySober** · 09-23-2008, 01:19 PM

A place with 'BOOKS' ???

Yeah right ! As if !!!

**AdultTrafficMedia** · 09-23-2008, 01:42 PM

Google = dozens of times per day. WTF would people do without it?

**The Duck** · 09-23-2008, 01:43 PM

Originally posted by Fletch XXX

i wiki all day long, i have it as default search bar on firefox toolbar

wiki, dictionary, and google are my friends

Same here

**baddog** · 09-23-2008, 01:44 PM

231,000 . . . give or take

**carol.prime** · 09-24-2008, 08:05 AM

minimum of 100 in google, I think 20-30 for wiki.

**Scott McD** · 09-24-2008, 08:11 AM

I use both countless times per day, never mind per week.

Every day is a school day... ;-)

**Basic_man** · 09-24-2008, 08:14 AM

I spend too much time on the internet, daily!

**CaptainHowdy** · 09-24-2008, 08:17 AM

10 maybe 15 times a day ...

**Strickie** · 09-24-2008, 08:19 AM

I'd say about 50 times a day

**Cyandin** · 09-24-2008, 08:37 AM

I'd like to see the results of a test of general knowledge, between two groups of similarly educated (formally) people, with one group being daily google/wiki'ers, and the other not.

I bet the results would be amusing.

**Antonio** · 09-24-2008, 08:42 AM

google - at least 10-20 times per day

**seeandsee** · 09-24-2008, 08:46 AM

Hundred of times per month

**Sosa** · 09-24-2008, 08:52 AM

i google all the time, hardly wiki

**marko13** · 09-24-2008, 09:11 AM

i google a lot of time per day.... but i wiki very little.... and i like to read online but sometimes some things are better when i read them on hard copy....

**Kudles** · 09-24-2008, 10:20 AM

Way too much!!!

How many times per week do you google/wiki something?

How many times per week do you google/wiki something?

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