Weekly musings 9/5/2006
There are over 2.7 billion searches performed on Google each month. To whom were these questions addressed B.G.? (Before Google)
Sunday September 03rd 2006, 9:43 pm
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Filed under: Weekly Musings
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This statistic is from a PowerPoint presentation called Did You Know? It was prepared by Mr. Fisch at Arapahoe High School in Littleton. I’d like you to think about this before jumping into your reply.
There are over 2.7 billion searches performed on Google each month. To whom were these questions addressed B.G.? (Before Google)
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this is a very interesting statistic. it relly does make my mind wonder. most likely to the persons mother or father. alot of kids would ask their teacher. i dont know i will post another when i think of something that might answer the question.
Comment byBefore Google, in fact before internet itself, people had to physically leave their home and go look up their needed information from a library or other location of public knowledge. Of the 2.7 billion searches, not all of them must be completely serious. Before, if you didn’t need to know, you didn’t put the effort forth to find out. It is because of the internet, and Google, that people today are putting forth the considerably easier effort to learn new, if not necessarily essential, things.
Comment byBefore google a lot of students probably look up the information they needed in books, or they asked some one who might know like their parents or teachers for help with the information they needed.
Comment byteens today would probaly take the “simple way out and not go out to say a library and look up what they need. talking from exsperiance, they would probaly ask thier parents or someone who they think would know the answer.
Comment byA lot of people would probably ask someone that they look up to, or that they would think would know. I think my Dad knows everything so I ask him about a lot of stuff. There are a few things that I ask my Mom because, she knows a lot about home things, and stuff like that, but cars I would deffinatly ask my Dad. I dont have to many questions to ask my Mom, but she likes it when I ask her anyways. My Dad just dont care, or even doesn’t like it when I ask questions.
Peace
Comment byBefore Google, people used text information. Back then people actually printed books that were worth something other than entertainment. People also asked other people, through experience and word of mouth people learned. They also used observations and analyzed those observations to make decisions and find answers. Before Google, and the internet as a whole people used logic and simple deductions to solve problems instead of asking a computer.
Comment bymmmmmm……..lol well this has to be one of the wierdest things that i’ve really had to think about. I know for sure back in the day when all you old pple didn’t have the net you had to go out and look for the answers yourself. You either went to your mommy and daddy cus well face it they know everything or you had to walk about 20 miles up hill both ways in the about 5 feet of snow…..bla bla bla…..just to get to the library. Then once you get there you have to sort among piles of books and then once you did find the book with the answer you would either fall a sleep or do what i would do build a fort out of the books and try to relive history…….so thats what i think about that…..long i know but you’ll all get over it…..
Comment byThat’s a good one… ok well, there is the obvius, the internet hasent been around forever. And we could not have created it w/o some sort of intelegence. I think what most anyone would, before google we would have had to work for our knowledge. That means reading a book or asking some one. Frankly i think that it is a good thing that half of the 2.7 billion searches done were “unesesary”. It just means we are doubling the chance of learning somthin new. Hurray for the internet!!!
Comment by*dies of laughter* Nice one Ashley S.
Comment byWithout Google, i wouldn’t know where to start. That would mean that I will have to pull out a book and start researching. Google was a collage project and it made billions. So without Google where woud we be?
Comment byIf I had a educated guess, i would have to assume that Yahoo, was or is a very popular site for searching. I don’t know the exact date of when google was created, but i think that Yahoo was created first.
Comment byI think that before the internet many people didn’t care to learn anything. Many people didn’t even try to find out something new, and if they did they asked someone that they knew. The people that were asked really didn’t know what THEY were talking about, so there was a lot of bad and wrong information out in the world before google. I remember when I asked my mom what clouds were made of and she told me that they were made of whipped cream…I believed her until first grade! Things like that are why we need the internet
Comment byWell before google people would have to travel to India and ask an old man that with a long white beard. Even then the chance that he would actually answer was so slim that most people would rather live in the dark then make the trip. Anyways this is all irrelevant because now we have google and we don’t need to worry about these questions.
Comment byWell with out google we may have a hard time getting information that we need but it makes me wonder how people would react with out it. we would have to do so many different types of searches to even come close to finding the right information that we may need for say a school assignment. But now we are able to use google and type in a certine thing and find exactly what we are looking for.
Comment byTate you make a very interesting point. I think that computers are good but we have abused our computer rights! We need to slow down on the computers and have our kids pick up a book and actually have to read once in a while…in fact some studies have shown that a child as young as 4 years old can operate a computer better than her parents. 4 YEARS OLD!! That is shocking to many, but that is the world we live in now!
Comment byI cant imagine a world without internet……. well yes i can, it would be so boring that you would have to go somewhere and do something just to keep living a sane life. So if you think about it the goverment created this “Library” in the past to keep people in the future from going insane when the machines take over.:-@ lol but seriously 2.7 billion searches performed thats a lot of thoughts…
Comment byWell I think that before the use of the internet and all of this technology that we have these days, people went to the library to do their research. I also think that most people did not have as much interest in researching things as they do today because it was a lot harder back then than it is today with the net. So in the end i think we should be very thankful for the internet because it makes our lives a whole lot easier.
Comment byWell this is definatly an intersting question/statement to think about.. uh… But i’m thinking that people… older poeple.. resorted to their parents or grandparents, anyone with more.. uh so you could say “wisdom” than you. They also prolly got up off their butts and went down to the library/book store and searched for the book that would have the imformation that they were looking for.
Comment byi dont ender stand how there can be that many searches on the net in just one month! Yet a lot of the ppl in our suciety are not that bright, and i bet most of thoes searches are not even for learning purposes. Also a ppl must spend a lot of time on their computer when there time can be spent more productively.
Comment byBefore google, information was of course more difficult to obtain. People would actually have to go to libraries and look up their needed information. Now it’s not to say that people didn’t want to learn anything, it’s just that people might have not wanted to drive to their local library. So they would either have to ask their parents or another adult, or go to the library.
Comment byWell…. I have to say that im glad we have the internet and google. I didn’t know that many searches where Preformed a month just in google. I bet back in the day it sucked big time when you had to find information about something. I can’t imagine haveing to look information up in books, or haveing to ask people how, why or when something happened everytime I wanted to know something.
Comment byIn reference to andrews
I agree with you on the idea of people werent interested in researching new things. They stuck with what they knew and that was that. I think that the internet has expanded the chance of human knowledge as a whole because we have different things such as wikis and the sort where we essentially share a brain with the rest of the world.
Comment by2.7 billion thats alot of searches. I dont wanna know what people are searchin, and i sure dont wanna find out….and that question in their i would probley be right in saying like most people that the questions were asked to the mother and the father in the family…but back in the oldin days(1940ish)people couldn’t just start up a gateway and type in yahoo, or goolgle(im a google man myself), and just find all search result for peanut butter and get 12,000 pages on peanut butter…..They had to walk to the local bookstore and pick up “the history of Peanut butter”…but yea before the world wide web came around people had to walk or ask from the parentals. yea…..later
Comment byIt is “understand” on the last one not what ever i spelled it as. Andrew wow now we all know you are lazy! but it is cool so am I.
Comment byyea aaron that sounds like your mom and dad….
Comment byThis is for Ryan. I don’t agree that people didn’t care to learn anything before the internet. That doesn’t make any sense. There were still books, newspapers and radios to obtain needed information. So even though people didn’t have a quick and easy access for information, it doesn’t mean that they didn’t want to learn.
Comment byFirst of all I think that there was no other internet resourse before google. And second i dont believe that the internet is a dire need to us Americans. If something seems to be that interesting maybe it wouldn’t be bad to read a book. Yes the internet is quick but sometimes you need to take it slow.
Comment byEthan yahoo started out by using google. But nice try.
Comment byThis is for Andrew.
I agree with you on the fact that people weren’t as interested in finding information without the internet, but still found a way even without it. Such as libraries.
Comment byIn reference to tateR smith
you make a good point on the reason books were made back before internet and i tell you one thing i sure am glad that computers came around cuz without them i would prob not be as bright and intelegent as i am now. HAHA right!
Comment byHey Paul, At least I know how to spell. And good comment Ethan, that was very intelligent!
Comment byI think that before there was google people just asked their family a lot of stupid question. It would be really hard if we did not have google. I do all of my research of it. People would not be as smart as they are today if there was no internet or anything like that. You ocan also find pictures on google too. Most people would not really know what all different kinds of artifacts look like because it is easy to use google then to look in a book.
Comment byBefore Google, people actually tried harder to look things up rather than just a couple clicks of the mouse and a quick summarized phrase to find information. Honestly, I think that before Google, people weren’t as lazy.
Comment byI believe that these questions were once asked to the family or friends of the person asking the question. If it wasnt for google then there would be a lot of people wandering around not knowing what they need to know.
Comment bywell huh garunteed there was a smart grandpa or somthin,cuz people always say old people are wise.so im guessing that people just asked old folks.
Comment byThat statistic in no way shape or form surprises me. Think of how many people log on to the internet everyday, every hour all across the world. This is the age of technology. And yes, the internet makes doing research much more conveniant and easier, but because of this, most people do not ever learn to appreciate books. And that to me…is sad.
Comment bywell if you think about the things that people had to do before there was the internet. i mean they had to ride all the way into town and get some little peace of paper that told them news which might have been at least a couple of days old. now if you get on the net there are many different ways that you can find out the news in your area in just a matter of a couple secounds. we have come a long way in the last few years and that is one thing that will keep on going we learn from what dos not work and add to what we do know. 2.7 billion people go to google every month. that is amazing if you think about it that means that there are just as many other people going to ask jeeves and other search sites that is alot of people its kinda hard to believe that there are that many different people in the world. im not old enough to remember when there was not an internet but my guess is that it was kind of a hassal.
Comment bywow easy on the book brett……. well at least we all know you can write……. even tho you dont make any sence. But i get what your saying
Comment byJanelle,
For the most part I agree with what you are saying except that you cant always find what you are looking for in a book.
Comment byJanelle,
Hey! I totally agree with what your saying. People need to just slow down in life and maybe actually take the time to sit down and read a book. Staring at the computer all day is bad for your eyes anyway….right? lol.Also, like you said…The internet and all this new technology stuff is not even close to being a neccesity. Alot of people mistake it for being a ‘need’ and think they couldn’t live without it…but that’s ridiculous. well, gtg….reading day, ya know. well. ttyl!
Comment byi would have to say that more than likely that they got there info from the newspaper or by word of mouth.
Comment byyea i would have to agree with steph….. some books just ramble on and ramble on……kinda like my mom does when i come home from skool
Comment byOkay well before google people had to turn to books and older wiser people for the information that they needed. Before google people accaully had to get up from the chair they were in and walk, run, or drive to the nearest library or book store to do their research. Now that google is around all people have to do is sit at a computer and type to get information that they need. Some people say its usefull and yes they are right, but how much are you really doing to get that information? i mean your sitting there typing away and coping and pasting the information you get, where with a dictionary or encyclopidia or any book for that matter you take the time to look up the information and then you read it, then right it down and by that time the information is somewhat stuck in your head. there is 2.7 billion look ups on google a month, thats 32.4 billion in a year when you think about it, thats a lot of visits and searches to one site. and thats my response! thanks much
Comment bybefore google, before ppl were not as lazy as we r, u had to get up off of your butt and go into town to get books to look this stuff up and actually read a book or two, i know i havent read a book in years, THANKS GOOGLE!!!!
Comment bywhy read a book when you can watch tv
Comment bypaul, i get what you are saying but you shoul be a little more clear on what you say you just slow down
Comment byThis is for Reese
I agree w/ u on how much we wanted to learn. I mean im sure info was less atainable, but we would not be were we are today if we dint have to work for what we have in the first place. Great thinkers werent created by computers… computers were created by great thinkers.And now they just help us to further our knowledge.
Comment byhmm, i would have to say that the majority of those questions werent asked, and as for the ones that were asked, they probably were a lot harder, and took a lot more tim to find. i dont think that anybody really would’ve thought about that, kind of an odd question.
Comment byhey i want to hear what mrs. scofield has to say about this whole google search thing…..
Comment byThanks for inviting me into the conversation, Ashley S! I agree with many of your comments that in the days B.G. it was more time consuming and difficult to find information. I don’t think we did ask all of the questions that we do now. They may have crossed our minds, but maybe that’s where the wondering stopped. We had the classic library and parentals, like you’ve mentioned. Ah, I remember the days digging through card catalogs and periodic indexes–ARGHHHH!
Many of you have shared thought provoking comments. Tate, one of your comments really struck me, and I’d like to share it with the staff. If you haven’t read this, I’ll copy his comment here.
Tate said: “I think that the internet has expanded the chance of human knowledge as a whole because we have different things such as wikis and the sort where we essentially share a brain with the rest of the world.” WOW!
Thanks for your comments–keep ‘em coming!
Comment byOh yeah, forgot to add that I’m a Google addict myself. I can’t even tell you how many times a day I hit it. What an amazing resource!
Comment byI think that the only really “efficiant” way to aquire information before the internet was to go to the local library and search. Of corse you could ask somebody for the info, but you can’t always count on their word 100%.
Comment byI think the only really “efficiant” way to aquire information before the internet was to, in fact, go to the library. Of course you could ask someone, but you can’t be 100% sure of their word.
Comment byMrs. Scofield,
What you said got me thinking. Seeing as information was harder to obtain with out the internet, it really gives me the creeps to know how little people must have been able to except. Anymore when someone has a new idea or way of thiking, it is embraced by others. Can you imagine how many brilliant people would have been shuned rather than apreciated?! Im sorry i know im going on and on, but it blows me away at how easily a new idea can be shruged off just beacuse someone dose not understand it!!!!
Comment byI think that the only really “efficiant” and “reliable” way to have aquired information before the internet was to go to the local library. Of course you could ask someone, but you cannot be 100% sure of their word.
Comment byDay…
Comment bySo true. Imagine what new technologies and great things we could have accomplished if we all just understood and listened to each other. But now there are so many negative things being said and done online, I just think the world was more peaceful before we had internet.
I suppose I agree with everyone who has already commented. I mean before we had google to just tell us the answer to any question we wanted, we actually had to open a book and let our mind wander for a while until we found what exactly we were looking for. Now I suppose the interent is resorceful, while at the same time it just makes us a little bit more lazy and we take it for granite that we are now much more technologicly advanced then before. I suppose we should definatlly just appreciate the fact that we have the access to find what we want, when we want to, rather then suching for it.
Comment byMy comment goes to Tate,
Comment byI agree with what you are saing that the internet is a world wide brain. We can get information and share information with eachother whenever we need to.
To The Whole Class;
Well I tell you what with all the surgerys I have had I cant write worth……….. well use your imagination anyway the idea that we can just go to this magical place called the internet and find what ever we want just is un-remarkable. Its about like finding that perfect food and just devouring it. id like to finish this comment by saying GO GOOGLE!
Comment byThis is an intersentig question, and i am no quite sure what people in the “olden days” may have done to learn more about the past. Maybe back then there was a know it all family that would pass down stories of history to their children, so that their children could keep educating the public. I do believe that whether or not there was a know it all family, children still camr to their parents and teachers to ask their important question. And you never know maybe all the people “back in the day” were supper stupid, and they just didn’t care.
Comment byi think that before google there was a lot of different search engs. thtat a smaller number of people used. But with the addition of google it made web searching easier and more accuate. tThis may have led to the success of google. From personl experance i know that google is more relible then most andway kinds easier to thus i have become a proffetional google use. Of those 2.7 billoin searches i must have made at least one million of them but why not use the best resorces at hand?
Comment by2.7 million is a lot but as Grogan said, a lot of those searches are some what stupid stuff, or people who don’t really need to know anything, they just need something to take out time.
Comment byThis is to Mark!
Yeah i don’t want to know what 2.7 million searchers are about.
Comment byya well like i said befor there had to be some relatives that were like nerds in their day.I mean people are always saying that old people are wise.So im guessing that the every body just asked an old person what they wanted to know.
Comment byi agree with tate… i mean, language and customs is what brought together tribs and people in the first place. im sure it might take a while but, were smart enought that we would get the languge and customs and be able to live our own lives like we use to.
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