How many are frustrated with people who answer questions with "Google It" instead of "Googling" it themselves

Question

Okay, so maybe some people aren't comfortable looking for things on search engines. I'm assuming those who provide the "Google it" answers are. Why can't answerers step up and do it? Only takes an extra minute or so to ACTUALLY HELP these question askers, and then you've earned your two points!

I make a lot of points, for example, looking for and analyzing song lyrics for askers. Many other posters' replies are to put "www.azlyrics.com" or "google it" for an answer. I find those people totally not in tune (pun intended) with what is supposed to be going on here. I made Level 7 in five months (with a Best Answer rate of 26%) by actually hitting the links and posting, instead of irresponsibly pushing the work back on the askers.

I say if you're not interested in the work, don't post.

I welcome your replies. Are the questioners lazy for not doing the research? Or is it the "Google it" answerers who are holding back?

For rcd9229: the idea is that it's just as rude to say "Google It" to an answer as if you just said something bad about the asker's intelligence for two points.

Answer 1

Agreed...i made my top contributer status b/c I would go get lyrics myself and post them...its not hard....I hate seeing "google it" I mean honestly! I suppose all they care about is the 2pts they get for the dumb answer.....

Answer 2

No but if the question is unfailingly simple, perhaps it's the answers way of saying "do it youself you lazy ***". Or clueing those in who are not aware of how simple it is to do such a thing. I'll look up something when I think its a true question that I can answer and post a link as well. But if someone asks me to post lyrics that are available with a simple google, then why on earth would I do it for them? It would have been easier then typing a question.
One recent question asker wants lyrics to every song by three or 4 different artist, and doesn't want the links but the actual entire lyrics posted. To me that is a complete waste of time for anyone even to post to.
I like to answer questions to help people out, not to gain points or make a level. But if others value their ratings, as you seem to do, perhaps it's just a quick way to get points. Can't really fault em for that if it's all they are there for....
I really only hold an issue with those who disparage others reasonable questions by making fun or being rude..

Answer 3

why can't the asker "google" it? i think the responders who say that are being fair; it's the asker who's the lazy one. and there's really nothing to using search engines. most of the time, google will "fill in" for you. I look at it this way--if you're gonna be on the internet, learn it.

Answer 4

i didnt bother reading your long thing..but sometimes since theyre not the ones that are asking the question, they dont care as much,. so they just tell them to google it

Answer 5

History



Google in 1998
Main article: History of Google
Google began as a research project in January 1996 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two Ph.D. students at Stanford University, California.[5] They hypothesized that a search engine that analyzed the relationships between websites would produce better results than existing techniques, which ranked results according to the number of times the search term appeared on a page.[6] Their search engine was originally nicknamed, "BackRub" because the system checked backlinks to estimate a site's importance.[7] A small search engine called Rankdex was already exploring a similar strategy.[8] Convinced that the pages with the most links to them from other highly relevant web pages must be the most relevant pages associated with the search, Page and Brin tested their thesis as part of their studies, and laid the foundation for their search engine. Originally the search engine used the Stanford University website with the domain google.stanford.edu. The domain google.com was registered on September 15, 1997,[9] and the company was incorporated as Google Inc. on September 7, 1998 at a friend's garage in Menlo Park, California. The total initial investment raised for the new company eventually amounted to almost $1.1 million, including a $100,000 check by Andy Bechtolsheim, one of the founders of Sun Microsystems.[10]
In March 1998, the company moved into offices in Palo Alto, home to several other noted Silicon Valley technology startups.[11] After quickly outgrowing two other sites, the company leased a complex of buildings in Mountain View at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway from Silicon Graphics (SGI) in 2003.[12] The company has remained at this location ever since, and the complex has since become known as the Googleplex (a play on the word googolplex, a 1 followed by a googol zeros). In 2006, Google bought the property from SGI for $319 million.[13]
The Google search engine attracted a loyal following among the growing number of Internet users, who liked its simple design and usability.[14] In 2000, Google began selling advertisements associated with search keywords.[5] The ads were text-based to maintain an uncluttered page design and to maximize page loading speed.[5] Keywords were sold based on a combination of price bid and clickthroughs, with bidding starting at $.05 per click.[5] This model of selling keyword advertising was pioneered by Goto.com (later renamed Overture Services, before being acquired by Yahoo! and rebranded as Yahoo! Search Marketing).[15][16][17] While many of its dot-com rivals failed in the new Internet marketplace, Google quietly rose in stature while generating revenue.[5]
The name "Google" originated from a misspelling of "googol,"[18][19] which refers to 10100 (the number represented by a 1 followed by one-hundred zeros). Having found its way increasingly into everyday language, the verb, "google", was added to the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary in 2006, meaning, "to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet."[20][21]
A patent describing part of Google's ranking mechanism (PageRank) was granted on September 4, 2001.[22] The patent was officially assigned to Stanford University and lists Lawrence Page as the inventor.

Answer 6

I think it's a little bit of both. However, if you are going to answer a question....answer it.

Answer 7

Google it.

Answer 8

Ok

Do you Yahoo!?

is that better?