Search Behaviour & Domain Extensions

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A quick survey to assess search behaviour and domain extension awareness. Open to everyone who knows how to use the internet.

How do you usually navigate to a website you frequent? (.com is merely an example) *

I type the whole URL into the address bar (www.website.com)

I type part of the URL into the address bar (website.com)

I only type "website" into the address bar and let my search engine handle it

I specifically navigate to a search engine first, and then search for "website"

Other:

How do you usually navigate to a website you don't know the exact address of?

(.com is merely an example)

I guess and type the whole URL into the address bar (www.website.com)

I guess and type part of the URL into the address bar (website.com)

I only type "website" into the address bar and let my search engine handle it

I specifically navigate to a search engine first, and then search for "website"

Other:

You're probably familiar with the most common domain extensions, like .com, .org, .net, and country specific ones like .co.uk, .de, etc. Which other ones have you heard of? *

.tv

.fish

.pizza

None of these

.shop

.baby

.market

.digital

.accountants

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Let's say you were trying to find the website of a new marketplace called "Awesome Market", how would you try and find it? *

I would guess and type the whole URL into the address bar (www.awesomemarket.XX), where XX stands for any extension you know

I guess and type part of the URL into the address bar (awesomemarket.XX), where XX stands for any extension you know

I only type "Awesome Market" into the address bar and let my search engine handle it

I specifically navigate to a search engine first, and then search for "Awesome Market"

Other:

If you went the search engine route, and it would tell you the URL is "awesome.market", would you assume it to be a mistake/scam/error? *

Yes, totally a mistake/scam/error

No, I would not

If you went the search engine route, and it would tell you the URL is "awesome.market", would you trust the result and click the link? *

No, I would never click it

Yes, I would totally click it

If the URL for Awesome Market would be "awesome.market", how hard would you find this to remember?

Super hard

Super easy

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