A Brief Tutorial On How To "Get To Google"

According to Jakob Nielsen’s latest Alertbox article, 25% of tested users had a hard time finding Google.

If you thought it’s easy to get to Google, think again. In our current round of usability research, only 76% of users who expressed a desire to run a Google search were successful. In other words, 1/4 of users who wanted to use Google couldn’t do so.

So, for those 25% of you who find it difficult to find Google, here is a tutorial.

How To: Finding Google (© Aran “Googlexpert” Johnson)

1. Look on your computer screen for a long skinny white rectangle that has the text: “http://www.aranworld.com/”. This will most likely be in the top portion of your computer screen.
2. Select this text and hit the backspace key to erase it.
3. In it’s place, type http://www.google.com/.
4. Press “Enter”

1. You should now be at “Google”

If you would like more help on this, feel free to post a comment, I will be happy to share my expertise on this matter with you.

Sunday March 16, 2008