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Google Users more Wealthy, Net Savvy

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the slashdot-users-not-mentioned dept.

evil_breeds writes "A study by S.G. Cowen & Co. says that Google users tend to be richer and have more Internet experience than users of the other search engines, including Yahoo!, AOL, and Microsoft's search, according to an article on Infoworld."

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  1. That can't be by dg41 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know plenty of hippies that use Google.

    1. Re:That can't be by leonmergen · · Score: 4, Funny

      ... then you must be Wealthy, Net Savvy enough to keep up the average... kudos to you my friend! :-)

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    2. Re:That can't be by Galston · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yes. I for one have to set the hounds on those pesky hippies that venture in the grounds of my manor house trying to use their 'yahoo' on my wireless conection.

  2. Quick! by TCM · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everyone use Google and wealth and wisdom will ensue!

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  3. One step closer by RasendeRutje · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think we're one step closer to Miscrosoft paying us to use their search engine...

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  4. Rich? by OverlordQ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will all you rich Google users please send this Broke College Student some money?

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    1. Re:Rich? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Will all you rich Google users please send this Broke College Student some money?

      Just give me your Bank Account Access Details, Account Type, Password Table and Payment Confirmation Codes and I'll put 100.000$ to your account.

      Sincerely,
      Robert Guie
      Nigeria

  5. Re:Who Doesn't Google? by tsa · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes. And all those people are too poor to be able to afford an internet connection.

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  6. No word on... by Scareduck · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... more attractive to the opposite sex just yet, though I'm sure that if Google could get you laid, you'd think I'd've heard about it by now...

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  7. Make a donation by vivekg · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now I can ask all my site visitors coming from Google to make a donation as they are rich :D

    Heh

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  8. I don't know about you ... by Woldry · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... but I'm definitely putting "Google user" down on my next loan application.

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  9. Re:The Shark has been Jumped by garcia · · Score: 4, Funny

    They need to have google.slashdot.org and then people could block this stuff. Better yet, pointless-google-stories.slashdot.org as well as google.slashdot.org so we could seperate out the true trash from the slightly overrated trash that the editors have been pushing lately.