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yes PK is right there is a large % of users that type URLs into search engines and most of those that do are repeat surfers. This goes back to pre google days as well. So nothing new here.
For example, the #s are huge for the following searches
From yahoo searching for google.com or hotmail.com or msn.com ebay.com and so on
From Google searches for yahoo.com, hotmail.com and so on... you get the picture.
It doesnt really matter what search engine, you get a ton of searches for any major site URL
However whats new nowdays is that browsers such as firefox and google toolbar make it easier to click and search from the search box and harder to click and type in the address bar. In doing so they're training millions of users to use the search box for everything and less and less of the address bar.
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