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# Search and visit
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/search-and-visit/
- Published: 2004-08-19T21:18:12.000Z
- Updated: 2004-08-19T21:18:12.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Institutions, UX

Jakob Neilsen:

> Increasingly, the Internet user experience is becoming one of dipping a toe into websites rather than truly “visiting” them. Using search engines as their Web interface, people simply grab query-related nuggets from sites, but don’t engage with the sites themselves. \[[When Search Engines Become Answer Engines (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)](https://www.useit.com/alertbox/20040816.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]

The web search engine as entry point is an increasingly important factor as we think about library information systems.