I've read the same thing today on Spiegel Online. They explain it a little bit there (http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,595549,00.html):
Apparently the reason is that many users use the web browser's search field as a replacement for the browser's address field (much like I use it for wikipedia, by entering "wikipedia keyword", always getting the Wikipedia article about the keyword as first search result). Bit silly of course, since the search field is either a google search anyway, or can be made into a google search. These users apparently don't use bookmarks a lot (which is another question: I myself haven't used bookmarks since a few years already, and I wonder if anyone still uses them).
A second reason (quite similar) being that many users just enter the name of the site they want to get to into the address field of the browser, without any www's or TLD's. Most modern browsers then find the site you were looking for either in your bookmarks, or through - google.
So people do search for google on google. Just that they don't notice.
Rene's explanation sounds reasonable - wide usage of different google toolbars, widgets/gadgets, in-site searches etc. could be part of it.
Another thing that popped into my mind: different google online applications - like google docs, gmail, google analytics etc. Many of then have "google" in their name, too.
And for doing your own research - Google Insights ;) http://www.google.com/insights/search/#
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I've read the same thing today on Spiegel Online. They explain it a little bit there (http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,595549,00.html):
Apparently the reason is that many users use the web browser's search field as a replacement for the browser's address field (much like I use it for wikipedia, by entering "wikipedia keyword", always getting the Wikipedia article about the keyword as first search result). Bit silly of course, since the search field is either a google search anyway, or can be made into a google search. These users apparently don't use bookmarks a lot (which is another question: I myself haven't used bookmarks since a few years already, and I wonder if anyone still uses them).
A second reason (quite similar) being that many users just enter the name of the site they want to get to into the address field of the browser, without any www's or TLD's. Most modern browsers then find the site you were looking for either in your bookmarks, or through - google.
So people do search for google on google. Just that they don't notice.
Interesting indeed.
Rene's explanation sounds reasonable - wide usage of different google toolbars, widgets/gadgets, in-site searches etc. could be part of it.
Another thing that popped into my mind: different google online applications - like google docs, gmail, google analytics etc. Many of then have "google" in their name, too.
And for doing your own research - Google Insights ;)
http://www.google.com/insights/search/#
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