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This still makes no sense to me.
I do, it’s often more efficient for me, I do have my SearXNG set as systemwide shortcut.
And then they click the top link for the ad too.
Check how many people googles google
I do that when I want to get to Google lens, it’s the easiest way since lens.google.com takes you to a bullshit marketing page 🤷
I do this when I don’t remember if it’s .com .net or whatever
Same, also if there’s any question if the URL might be something different than the company name, like containing a short form of a word, initialized, or a localization.
Though I think that’s different than what the posted graph states. I might sometimes get mixed up looking for a local company and not knowing if it’s .com or .ca. I’m pretty confident in getting the right URL for common sites like Facebook and Lemmy.