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Re:Google wants to get rid of URLs but doesn’t know what to ... by BillinghamJ on Thursday September 06, 2018 @09:35AM (#17926119)
> which leads to newly launched website owners thinking their website isn't accessible

I mean, practically, if it doesn't turn up when searched for, it _isn't_ accessible to 99% of the world.

Re:Google wants to get rid of URLs but doesn’t know what to ... by stephenhuey on Thursday September 06, 2018 @09:51AM (#17926235)
I hear you, except in reality there are plenty of places a new business might expect users to navigate to their website from, e.g. their URL could be listed in a common proprietary platform such as Yelp or Twitter, and it could also be in a marketing email or even a business card. Hopefully new generations will understand what a URL is, and perhaps some informative campaigns could keep the public aware. We learned how to describe directions around a cute town on a piece of paper when I was in the 2nd grade, so why shouldn't elementary schools teach basic internet essentials to kids at some fairly early grade level?
Re:Google wants to get rid of URLs but doesn’t know what to ... by josefresco on Thursday September 06, 2018 @10:34AM (#17926579)
I'm talking about 20 minutes to several hours after launch.

Also, many won't "google" their website address, but instead their business name. For a newly launched website, many national business directory listings (manta, angies list etc.) will outrank the official site for quite some time.

Re:Google wants to get rid of URLs but doesn’t know what to ... by tedeh on Thursday September 06, 2018 @09:39AM (#17926147)
Completely new sites might take a while to rank, even for the exact keyword/business name.
Re:Google wants to get rid of URLs but doesn’t know what to ... by jessaustin on Thursday September 06, 2018 @10:19AM (#17926465)
If they're on AdWords, they could be paying dollars-not-cents every time they google themselves and click on the first (paid) link. Just because they're happy to pay the racketeers when a customer does that, doesn't mean they should pay the racketeers even more because of their own poor understanding of browser use.