why do people inssit on saying "why don't you google it"!

[bednobs]

GRRRRRR
why is the standard answer to questions "google it"?
I know that google is a search engine thanks, and may or may not have already used it, but want opinions, or ideas, or i may not have understood the answers i got. I see the answerbank as a search engine too and don't see google as superior necessarily. If i want straight answers to q's i might well go there, but sometimes i want people to say "aha, the answer to your question is blah blah blah, but had you also thought about this that and the other"
so there you go!

[bednobs]

ps, if anyone does a search and finds out i've answered "why don't you google it" im not interested :) :)

[ummmm]

There are some questions that can be got with google...with no need for discussions or opinions.

[pastafreak]

I think that response is OK when the query is about facts,but many questions have answers that are not straightforward.
Though I have to admit to liking to Google,as it always leads me to a bit of new knowledge or curiosities.

[jackthehat]

Some, more obviously, fact-based answers ought to be googled and included in the question itself. But more 'opinion-based' questions ought to be addressed as requested by the OP.

[tiggerblue10]

You could Bing or Ask Jeeves instead ;o))))

[Booldawg]

I remember when Altavista was like the only search engine. Back in the day of 14.4k dial up.

[Sooper]

I think it is because a lot of people just post questions that could easily be answered if they just Googled their question! They dont want a discussion just a quick answer.

[Booldawg]

I wonder if the AB has ever been cited in the Harvard referencing on someones Uni paper?

[joggerjayne]

Isn't it all about ... "interaction" ?

Some people would rather communicate with other people, instead of the Google super-computer.

[ChuckFickens]

The ones that get me are those that preface their questions with "I've looked everywhere" and then go on to ask a question like "what city is the Eiffel tower in"

[woofgang]

I do say google it when it's a factual question, or sometimes I post the google link to the page of websites. I do it when the question is factual and obvious like the one the other day asking for the history of cadbury's chocolate

[Sooper]

Yeah Chuck they are the ones that i think the Google reference is and should be aimed at! Perhaps they just dont know what a Search Engine is i guess?!

[flobadob]

I must admit that some of the Qs I ask here is because other people are better at Googling than I am. Then I just follow the links. Is it laziness or ingeniousness, I don't know.

[tiggerblue10]

You can always tell when there are kids asking questions with regards to their homework. The whole point about homework is to do it yourself by searching then you learn.

[bednobs]

""I think it is because a lot of people just post questions that could easily be answered if they just Googled their question""
But have you ever considered why they haven't used google?