In order to access information from Google, Bing, or any other search engine we need to spell correctly. We also read to go through "hits" given us by those search engines. Another example is that when we spell something incorrectly, Google and other sites note typos and ask appropriate questions to help determine what we are searching for. To surf is to read.

Learning to read and write is a basic skill that unfortunately not everybody acquires sufficiently. Lack of teachers and time in school are some of the reasons, but in addition the enormous rise in informational activities due to the Internet and other information technology-enabled opportunities has made literacy skills increasingly important