Billions Living Online Google

I have been on the Net since the early nineties, but I never realized how much until last week when I shut down my now fee-charging checking account that I rarely use in lieu of Paypal. The woman at the bank was very rude, making me wish I could go back online and shut it down with someone who is outsourced in the Philippines.

I watch Netflix Instant late at night rather than view old reruns or infomercials, find out what happened to the character actors that were in that movie on Wikipedia and trace the history of real events after viewing documentaries or historical films. I don't do Farmville or WOW, but I play games online or chat when my brain is fried.

I can't remember the last time I used snail mail and now pay all my bills online. The last couple of years I have shopped online, since prices are often lower, shipping is often free and I don't have to deal with mall rats (although identity theft still scares me.) And my home page has become my source of instant news.

Okay, I am addicted, but I decided to see how many of us are. So I Googled Google and came up with 2,510,000,000 results. Google Bing and you get 91,300,000 results and Yahoo comes up with 1,670,000,000. Bing for Bing and it will get you 6,210,000 results and if you Yahoo Yahoo you get 355,000,000 results. Hmmm, when was the last time you left your house?

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