On Sun, 2003-02-02 at 22:29, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Web surfers do not use domain names to "find" things. They use search > >engines. To find people, they use people directory searches, or regular > >search engines. > > > Very few people use people directories.
Based on the fact that you don't use them, I presume, instead of facts? > Most people use search engines > when they are looking for a type of content, but make a few hunts at the > obvious places before resorting to search engines to find a specific > organization. > > If I were looking for Tucows, I would look at Tucows.COM before going to > a search engine, and so do most people. > > >The DNS is not a search engine, nor should it be. > > > It always has been the lookup of first resort, *when* you know who or > what company you're looking for. Maybe for YOU Roger, but the fact is that studies have shown people are more likely to use a search engine, even though they may THINK .com first. Your whole premise is based on the premise that consumers should not be trusted to know what they want, and that you, or someone else with a "Better vision" knows better and will give them what they SHOULD want. Very elitist of you. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
