superclown2 - 3:14 pm on Feb 16, 2013 (gmt 0)

I didn't actually check - and anyway, I should have thought anyone wanting a haircut would search for a barber or hairdresser - but now that I look, I couldn't get a haircut from any of the top ten results

To be fair, one out of the page 1 serps showed me where I could get one, provided that I was a student (well past that stage I'm afraid). I learned a bit about high finance, music, olympic heroes and ladies' modern hair styles too.

With Mr Schmidt's knowledge of marketing at this doleful level it's a wonder that Google ever outgrew the garage it started in.