Google It

When somebody asks you how to do something, it is good practice to encourage them to take their query to Google. Don't just feed them, teach them how to fish so that they can survive on their own. Have we started sending people to Google too much though?

I think so.

Recently when I've been Googling things, I've noticed a trend.... this solution has started creeping into the top search results "Try Googling it". These responses are usually on forums where somebody asks a question, and somebody else tells them to Google it.

As much as I'm sure the responders are sending the questioners to Google in good faith, little do they know that their "Try Googling it" is going to end up being the top result on Google....

Now this may be Google's fault for picking this page as the top search result, or perhaps mine for not reading further down the forum for better solutions. I still think though that people should start thinking a little first about whether it's an appropriate place or time to suggest that the query should be taken to Google.

Imagine how many people will get trapped in the infinite recursion... =P