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Take a look at Goggle.com which is just a simple website with less than 20 pages indexed by Google. Why is there still a high level of traffic (visitors) visiting Goggle.com everyday as reported by Alexa.com?  Are these people really looking for Goggle or Goggle.com, or actually looking for something else? Did they make a spelling mistake or typing error Why? This strange scenario triggered my curiousness that led to the initiation of this discussion. (Important term of use: The following discussion may not be accurate anymore once any of the facts used to support the discussion changes.)

How can people reach Goggle.com? There are three ways:

  • By typing 'Goggle.com' in the address bar of their internet browser
    Possibility No. 1
    He/She is in fact looking for Goggle.com.
    Possibility No. 2
    He/She is making a spelling mistake or typing error.

  • By typing' Goggle.com' in the search box of a search engine
    Possibility No. 1
    He/She is in fact looking for Goggle.com.
    Possibility No. 2
    He/She is making a spelling mistake or typing error.

  • By typing only the word 'Goggle' in the search box of a search engine.
    Possibility No. 1
    He/She is in fact looking for Goggle.com.
    Possibility No. 2
    He/She is making a spelling mistake or typing error.
    Possibility No. 3
    He/She is looking for Goggle with a domain extension other than dot com like Goggle.net, Goggle.org, Goggle.info, Goggle.biz, Goggle.co.uk, Goggle.ca, Goggle.tv, Goggle.us, Goggle.mobi etc.
    Possibility No. 4
    He/She is trying to search for more information in respect of the word Goggle.

Meaning of Goggle: Wikipedia.com explains goggle as goggles which are protective eyewear in the form of safety glasses. In TheFreeDictionary.com and Answers.com, goggle means to stare with wide and bulging eyes or to roll/bulge by using the eyes. In short, goggle or goggles are just common words used during our daily life.

Now, we examine each possibility in details.

Possibility No. 1: He/She is in fact looking for Goggle.com.

In view of the current design of Goggle.com, it is submitted as a personal opinion that it is only of a very small chance that someone will look for a website of such kind. That is to say, possibility no. 1 will not really happen.


Possibility No. 2: He/She is making a spelling mistake or typing error.

There are many words that could be spelled or typed wrongly as Goggle. The most common one is Google as illustrated by option 2 of the poll above. It shows how often you can find someone spelling or typing Google as Goggle. Other words that could possibly be spelled or typed wrongly as Goggle are Goggles, Gaggle, Giggle, Boggle, Joggle, Toggle and Woggle. This is represented by option 3 of the poll above.


Possibility No. 3: He/She is looking for Goggle with a domain extension other than Goggle.com

Some examples of other domain extensions of Goggle are Goggle.net, Goggle.org, Goggle.info, Goggle.biz, Goggle.co.uk, Goggle.ca, Goggle.tv, Goggle.us, Goggle.mobi etc.

Goggle.net
History: Now (No earlier history is available for http://www.goggle.org)

Goggle.org
History: Now (No earlier history is available for http://www.goggle.org)

Goggle.co.uk
History: May 08, 2005, Aug 19, 2006, Jan 13, 2008, Now

Goggle.ca
History: Sep 29, 2002, Nov 18, 2003, Aug 06, 2004, May 22, 2005, Now

Goggle.biz
History: Mar 23, 2003, Dec 16, 2004, May 13, 2006, Jan 18, 2007, Apr 26, 2008, Now

Goggle.info
History: Now (No earlier history is available for http://www.goggle.info)

Goggle.us
History: Aug 30, 2004, Oct 28, 2005, Apr 23, 2006, Apr 08, 2007, Now

Goggle.tv
History: Feb 18, 2008, Now

Goggle.mobi
History: Now (No earlier history is available for http://www.goggle.mobi)

Looking at the history and current design of some of the other domain extensions of Goggle, it is submitted as a personal opinion that it is highly unlikely that an internet user will look for any of these domain extensions of Goggle. In other words, possibility no. 3 will not really happen.


Possibility No. 4: He/She is trying to search for more information in respect of the word Goggle
TheFreeDictionary.com and Answers.com both explain goggle as to stare with wide and bulging eyes or to roll/bulge by using the eyes. Goggle is a normal word with its own meaning. Hence, it is possible for users of the internet to find the meaning of or search for more information about Goggle online. Option 1 of the poll above represents this group of internet users.
 

Conclusion:

Only possibility no. 2 and 4  are applicable to internet users who visited Goggle.com. 

Possibility no. 2 is represented by Option 2 and 3 of the poll above: I typed wrongly in a search box and found this web page. I typed 'Goggle' or 'Goggle.com' but was actually looking for Google.com or something else other than Google.com.

Possibility no. 4 is represented by Option 1 of the poll above: I typed correctly in a search box and found this web page. I typed 'Goggle' or 'Goggle.com' and was actually looking for Goggle.com.

In summary, anyone who visits Goggle.com is either trying to search for information on the word Goggle or to visit Google.com. Based on the results of the poll above, there is also a small percentage of internet users who visited Goggle.com was originally trying to look for something else other than Google.com


  

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