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Saturday, February 16, 2008

Rich People Use Google, Poor People Use Yahoo

By Rob on February 16, 2008 at 06:36 pm
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That’s the result of a new study by a marketing firm, but I’m not sure I agree with them.

What the study found was that people who use Google have a great tendency to have spent $500 or more online.  Yahoo users, on the other hand, tended to have spent less than $500 online.  The problem, however, is that the amount of money spent online isn’t really a good way to measure personal wealth.

Take my father and I, for instance.  He is much more affluent than I am by several orders of magnitude.  He has a lot of disposable income available, I have very little.  Yet when it comes to online shopping I’ve probably outspent him about 10 - 1.  Why?  Because I’m much more comfortable doing my shopping online than he is.  When I’m looking for a particular product I’m much more likely to go to the internet than he is.  It has nothing to do with our personal wealth and a lot to do with our age differences (I grew up with computers, he didn’t) and level of comfort with online shopping.

Granted, that reality doesn’t necessarily prove that Google users aren’t richer than Yahoo users, but it certainly throws a monkey wrench in the conclusions of this study.

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Avatar for GregB999

Oh, this is definitely not true.

I use Google, extensively.

I bought a MacBook Pro + iPod the end of last summer - over $2500.

I’m on Social Security Disability.

(I used a school loan that I’ll be paying back once I’m done with school and get off of disability.)

I’m definitely NOT rich.

And I don’t use Yahoo for searches. At all.

GregB999 on February 16, 2008 at 07:15 pm
Gene

Does ANYONE use Yahoo?

If so, WHY?

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Gene on February 16, 2008 at 09:21 pm
2Hotel9

Wow, so I’m rich! Eehhaa.

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2Hotel9 on February 17, 2008 at 05:01 am
Matt

Anyone who uses Yahoo needs to go back to “Internet 101”.

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Matt on February 17, 2008 at 08:38 am
electnixon

I use both because they yield different results.

I agree with Rob’s point - you could also conclude that yahoo users are paranoid and that’s why they don’t shop online…

electnixon on February 18, 2008 at 07:55 am
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I use Google for my searches.  And my email.  But I use Yahoo’s news feeds more (as you can probably tell given the amount I link to them).

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Rob on February 18, 2008 at 08:00 am
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I use Altavista found HERE

WETBACK on February 18, 2008 at 09:05 am
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Outside North America almost noone use Yahoo for searching. I figure people in Asia and Africa are quite poor compared to US citizens.

Annonsering Google on February 19, 2008 at 08:27 am
2Hotel9

Please, don’t shatter my illusion of richness!

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2Hotel9 on February 19, 2008 at 10:17 am
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Im using yahoo, does it mean that im poor? LOL!

shop walmart store online on February 25, 2008 at 06:48 pm
Matt

Im using yahoo, does it mean that im poor? LOL!

No, it means you should stop using Yahoo immediately and switch to Google.

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Matt on February 25, 2008 at 07:00 pm
2Hotel9

Your not poor, spambot, just stupid. Which directly leads to being poor, because you are stupid. Hence your choice to be a spambot. That spams threads that will not generate hits. Because you are stupid.

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2Hotel9 on February 25, 2008 at 07:04 pm
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