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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/12/google_de_facto_internet_gateway/

Just how deep is Google's hold on the minds of the world's netizens? So deep that if the web giant boosts a news story about Facebook and logins to the top of its search results, myriad net surfers will mistake the news story for the Facebook login page, wondering why they can't login to it and why it looks nothing like Facebook.
On Wednesday, ReadWriteWeb published a piece about a new Facebook-AOL partnership that will let users integrate their Facebook "friends" with AOL's Instant Messenger, allowing communication between the two services. The story went on to wonder if Facebook was becoming a central point of web interaction, and in a nod to this bit of editorial, the headline read: "Facebook Wants to Be Your One True Login."


Well, it would seem that this headline soon shot to the top of Google's search results for "Facebook login," and though we can only assume the link was grouped with the "news" results, comments posted the ReadWriteWeb story indicate that many Facebookers visited the story in an attempt to login to Facebook.

"Ok, cool. Now can I get to facebook?" one surfer posted.
"The new facebook sucks. NOW LET ME IN," wrote another.
"I WANT THE OLD FAFEBOOK [sic] BACK. THIS SHIT IS WACK!!!!!" wailed a third.
"I just want to log in to Facebook - what with the red color and all? LOLLLOLOL!!!!!111" said a fourth.
And so on. And so forth. Ad infinitum. "I am going to delete my account (IF I CAN EVER LOG IN) as this SUCKS BIG TIME ! If this does not get back to NORMAL you are going to lose a lot of folks who hate this and as you can see from all the comments they think it sucks too !!! facebook was great for connecting with old friends ...now, NOT SO MUCH. SO HOW DO I LOG IN ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????"
Eventually, ReadWriteWeb added a new paragraph to the middle of its story - in bold letters:
Dear visitors from Google. This site is not Facebook. This is a website called ReadWriteWeb that reports on news about Facebook and other Internet services. You can however click here and become a Fan of ReadWriteWeb on Facebook, to receive our updates and learn more about the Internet. To access Facebook right now, click here. For future reference, type "facebook.com" into your browser address bar or enter "facebook" into Google and click on the first result. We recommend that you then save Facebook as a bookmark in your browser.
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Facebook does want to be the "one true login." But clearly, that will take some doing. Google search is such a web focal point, it's usurping the duties of the browser itself.
It's not just that Google has become - literally - a synonym for search. It's not just that Google controls 60 to 70 per cent of the search market - and perhaps more. For so many of the world's (rather clueless) web surfers, Google is more than a search engine. It's a gateway to every page they ever visit.
In other words, those top-secret Google algorithms have a tighter grip on the world's web traffic than you might think.
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Welcome to the average I.Q. of the facebook user. Please leave your common sense at the door.
 
LOL wow. I'm not the sharpest knife on the table sometimes, but c'mon now.
 
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Who Googles "Facebook login" to log in to Facebook?

Edit: I saw the "my mum uses..." line. But seriously. I can't believe this could happen to real people.
 
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WTF! When did Facebook get changed into some forum with Black Earth and shit?!

My login doesn't work and I can't read my wall anymore. Strange people with names like NeverAmI are leaving me messages, but no one from high school is friends with me anymore. What the hell is an INFJ? Is that a new name for Facebook?

I want the old facebook back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!!1!!!!!!1! As soon as I can log in, I'm deleting it. Screw you new facebook with monkeys.
 
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Lol, I just Died inside a bit.
 
I use google often to spell frequently used websites for me, especially if I keep forgetting whether they are .net .org .edu...

Haven't registered on any major social network so far, and that feels great, to be honest.
 
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I use google often to spell frequently used websites for me, especially if I keep forgetting whether they are .net .org .edu...

Haven't registered on any major social network so far, and that feels great, to be honest.
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true but even putting facebook will bring it up. There is no need to put facebook log in. Heck thats asking for trouble.
 
its amazing! i believe this is the first non 'why the forums broke' thread DJ has ever made!
 
I could find this thread funny if I didn't know people that stupid in real life.

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i think this thread is inaccurate

a lot of intelligent people thought it was also facebook because they were too busy calculating complicated mathematical equations in their head alongside 50 scientific quantum theories that they kept trying to log in when there was no log in slot. they just work on a subconscious level and if google says it's facebook, it's facebook.
 
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