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gkd_uk · #1 (**permalink**) 01-29-2008, 08:27 AM

Another thread at a different forum was a new member asking a question on a forum.

A senior member replied "Have you searched Google before posting this thread"

Now what is the point of a forum when you are asked to search in Google

xhan · #2 (**permalink**) 01-29-2008, 09:55 AM

wow he wrote it in a sentence people usually say JFGI :P

its a fair point - some people don't google before asking questions, least he put it nicely!

OldDarkstarAccount · #3 (**permalink**) 01-29-2008, 10:18 AM

Maybe I do not want to google something or maybe I just am not happy with the results google returned for me.

That is why I use forums, to find out things google does not know.

gkd_uk · #4 (**permalink**) 01-29-2008, 10:28 AM

If a forum has the answer to a issue, traffic will come to the forum when someone does a search in Google.

deluxdon · #5 (**permalink**) 01-29-2008, 12:05 PM

gkd maybe he wanted to say that "Have you searched in this forums before posting this thread" and by mistake add google in place of forums

DON.

gkd_uk · #6 (**permalink**) 01-29-2008, 01:25 PM

Maybe but everyone started to post against him and he did not reply back to say it was a mistake, so I think he really meant Google

deluxdon · #7 (**permalink**) 01-29-2008, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gkd_uk

Maybe but everyone started to post against him and he did not reply back to say it was a mistake, so I think he really meant Google

Then that is for sure that there is no mistake in his posting.

DON.

xhan · #8 (**permalink**) 01-29-2008, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkstar_tfd

Maybe I do not want to google something or maybe I just am not happy with the results google returned for me.

That is why I use forums, to find out things google does not know.

very true - I always find it best to say "I've searched on here/other forums/google" - just to stop people saying things like that.

SkinnerW · #9 (**permalink**) 01-29-2008, 10:59 PM

With all these PAID LINKS and SERP manipulations it's so hard to find good info on Google

As for myself I would prefer no answer at all than a smart a$$ "google it".

Yes as a forum support person sometimes you are getting frustrated when question has been asked and answered many times but there comes new member and asking the same question in his first post...

This happened to me on another forum but I tried politely suggest to search the forum or even post a link to the thread with the answer.