I can live without Google but I cannot work without Google. After Google's latest Privacy Policy update I am moving away as much as I can to more private and secure services.
For the first time maybe I will miss it, but I think it's not to long 'cause I have another activities...
I have divorced Google and will file my papers for my droid since I found out that Google is tracking you on all google products. I'm divorcing everything except youtube.
As per my conclusion, none of the internet user can live without Google. There are a lot of alternative but none of them have resources like Google.
Sure. Google is undoubtedly the best search engine but I can do without it if necessary -- I don't rely on it for traffic and the Adsense income I'm currently earning is nothing spectacular.
I use google every single day either to do research, to read a few articles or simply to find interesting things on the internet. It's the single most used and popular search engine on the web.
If wasn't Google I would have never get an introduction with Affiliate Marketing, I would have never have connected with Social Networks and I would never lived the experience I live with when I am loged in!
The question is could be survive without google I would yes no I used it everyday from work, school, surfing, finding where the hell am I