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Small piece I found over at DM News. The article explains direct navigation and mentions a survey by Opinion Research Corporation that asked Internet users how they are using direct navigation and search engines:

A survey by Opinion Research Corporation for LeaseThis.com showed that Internet users are utilizing direct navigation much more than has been previously reported, with 64 percent of Internet users stating they bypass search engines and type keywords into their browsers with the hope of being directed to the right URL.

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Further, 53 percent of those surveyed say that they would always or sometimes bypass search engines if they could access what they are looking for on the Internet by typing the category name into their browser.

The survey shows that generic .com domains are more important for companies conducting business online than ever before, because type-in traffic is going up and it is converting better than search engine traffic.