1.6K views Jun 2009
Scott from Google asks people in Times Square what a browser is, revealing widespread confusion between web browsers, search engines, and services like Google and Yahoo.
0:00 Hey, this is Scott from Google, and we're here in Times Square, New York, to find out what is a browser? 0:05 A website that you can search on, I think. 0:08 I call it the search engine, that's what I call it, the browser. 0:11 What is a browser? 0:14 Um... 0:15 Browser is a search engine. 0:17 Browser? 0:18 It's a search engine. 0:19 Browse? 0:20 Right. 0:21 It's where I search through, like, to find things. 0:24 Okay. 0:25 It's, it's where you put your search terms, correct? 0:28 What is a browser? 0:31 Google. 0:33 What else? 0:34 Uh, browser is what you use to look at internet web pages. 0:38 What is a browser? 0:38 What is a browser? 0:39 Uh, I use the Yahoo. No, is that not a browser? 0:42 Do you know what the difference is between a search engine and a browser? 0:46 Well, not exactly. I mean, no. 0:49 I don't know, I guess the internet is just where you, you know, find anything, and I guess you browse the same. 0:55 Hell, I don't know. 0:57 A browser is when you know what you're looking for, and a search engine is when you're searching for something. 1:03 I assume a browser is the way to get on, but uh, no, I don't know much. 1:08 So do you know what the difference is between Google and your browser? 1:12 Um, no, not really. 1:16 What browser do you use? 1:17 I use, uh, Firefox. 1:19 What made you switch to Firefox? 1:20 My friend came over to my house and erased all my other browsers and installed it and said, you're using this now. 1:25 What browser do you guys use? 1:27 Google. 1:28 I have AOL. We go through, um, uh, broadband. 1:32 The big E with the Explorer on it. I'm not a computer guy. I might be the wrong one for this. 1:39 What browser do you guys like to use? 1:41 We use Google. 1:43 I use Google. I- Google predominates the market, obviously, but, uh, occasionally I like to go to Yahoo just to give me some business. 1:51 Yeah, I, uh, use, uh, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. 1:56 Oh, uh, is that the- your internet browser? Uh, help! 2:02 Have you heard of, uh, Google's browser Chrome? 2:04 No, I haven't. No. C-H-R-O-M-E? 2:08 No. 2:09 What is that? 2:11 Crown? 2:12 No, I have not. 2:14 Have you heard of Google's Chrome browser? 2:16 No, should I use it? 2:18 Have you heard of Google's Chrome browser? 2:21 Chrome browser? Uh-uh, no way. 
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