The Web Still Connects
I needed to replace the carriage wheels of a sliding door in my house. There were no labels or any other information that would give away what make and model of door hinges I’m looking at. Using the Web, however, I could still find what I needed:
- I took a photo of the part that needed replacing and uploaded in to Google’s image search.
- In-between a million similar results, none of them quite matched my sliding door wheels, I found a nine-month old reddit thread from a user looking for exactly the same part. Another user posted the make and model name as a response to the thread.
- Another Google search, and lo and behold, a kitchen warehouse sells that part just 10 minutes down the road from me.
The Web is still the most efficient and convenient research tool we have. There’s always someone out there who faces the same problem you’re facing, and another person has the solution. Despite all the SEO rubbish, AI content and social-media arguments, the Web still connects people.