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		gum_ina_package on Nov 17, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In 2013, so many people still search for a site in... The reason I think this happens is because two of the main browsers (IE and Chrome) have a major interest in maintaining the status quo. They might even possibly be making it more advantageous for users to search for a website instead of navigating directly to it on it's URL. The more searches, the more ad revenue.

basilesimon on Nov 17, 2013 [–]

If it was their intention, why introducing autocompletion - a functionality which, if used correctly, allows to avoid search engines for queries.

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