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Caution about directly typing domain names is exactly the opposite of what we've told people for twenty years.


"Direct dial" was never a good idea.

There is a class of internet users that doesn't use a search engine, and instead types things like "usedcarsdetroit.com" in the URL bar until they find something they want.

And there is the class that starts with a single word search like "cars", which can't go straight to Google. It instead has to see if "cars.fritz.box" exists, because perhaps there's a server called "cars" on your network.

And god forbid that your parent types "bankofmerica.com" instead of using a bookmark or their smart phone app.


Also the class that types “Google” into the browser’s search field (back when it was separate from the URL bar).




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