A google search that is in no way related to the main conversation or task.
Likely to occur in highly distractible individuals. Often utilized for the purpose of procrastinating.
Person 1: "I just learned that tortoises smell with their throats."
Person 2: "I thought you were working on your math assignment...?"
Person 1: "I am. I just did a quick side google about tortoises."
When your friend is too deep their web search and doesn’t want to leave the page so you do them solid and do a search on their phone.
Hillary, I’m six steps into my Stitch-Fix profile, can you do quick a side google and see if they have XL tall?
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V. This is what happens to you when you start to Google a subject but become sidetracked by results that have nothing to do with the original/intended subject. Resulting is forgetting what you were originally looking up, or delaying the desired information.
Allison: "Let's Google arctic penguins."
Danny: "Ok. Hey! Look at these images of the polar ice caps!"
Allison: "That's crazy. Are they melting?"
Danny: "It look's like it. Do you believe all the hype about global warming?"
Allison: "Yeah, but, wait, I thought we were googling penguins. We're getting Google-Sided."