# Do you block Google.com (or any other Search Engine) as distracting?

**URL:** <https://community.rescuetime.com/t/do-you-block-google-com-or-any-other-search-engine-as-distracting/552>\
**Category:** Community Discussion\
**Tags:** focus\
**Created:** [February 5, 2023, 8:41am UTC](https://community.rescuetime.com/t/do-you-block-google-com-or-any-other-search-engine-as-distracting/552 "2023-02-05T08:41:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![utmishra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.rescuetime.com/utmishra/32/261_2.png) [@utmishra](https://community.rescuetime.com/u/utmishra)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 8:41am UTC](https://community.rescuetime.com/t/do-you-block-google-com-or-any-other-search-engine-as-distracting/552/1 "2023-02-05T08:41:31Z")

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Hi,

I have multiple use cases when I am using my Focus time. In certain cases, I definitely find [Google.com](http://Google.com) as distracting as I tend to divert my attention towards trivial topics. On the other hand, especially during research, I need to search a lot.

How do you categorise [Google.com](http://Google.com) in such a case?

One approach could be to mark it as Distracting and disable the ban specifically for sessions where you need it.

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**Author:** ![lei\_zhang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6a8cbe/32.png) [@lei\_zhang](https://community.rescuetime.com/u/lei_zhang)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 3:55am UTC](https://community.rescuetime.com/t/do-you-block-google-com-or-any-other-search-engine-as-distracting/552/2 "2023-02-12T03:55:01Z")

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Yes, in some cases, the Google will be the excause for mind distraction. We talk about the Focus, it means what? the brain is good at being rather than doing.

> the state of mind is focusing on being rather than doing. Uri Alon. Molecular Cell 2009.