People have a high level of trust in search engines, especially Google, but only limited knowledge of them, as numerous studies have shown. This leads to the question: To what extent is this trust justified considering the lack of familiarity among users with how search engines work and the business models they are founded on? We assume that trust in Google, search engine preferences, and knowledge of result types are interrelated. To examine this assumption, we conducted a representative online survey with n = 2,012 German internet users. We show that users with little search engine knowledge are more likely to trust and use Google than users with more knowledge. A contradiction revealed itself - users strongly trust Google, yet they are unable to adequately evaluate search results. This may be problematic since it can potentially affect knowledge acquisition. Consequently, there is a need to promote user information literacy to create a more solid foundation for user trust in search engines.

翻译：人们对搜索引擎,特别是谷歌拥有高度的信任,但正如许多研究所显示的,对搜索引擎的了解有限。这导致一个问题:鉴于用户对搜索引擎的运作方式和它们所依据的商业模式缺乏了解,这种信任在多大程度上是合理的?我们假定对谷歌、搜索引擎的偏好和结果类型知识的信任是相互联系的。为了审查这一假设,我们进行了一次有代表性的在线调查,拥有n=2,012名德国互联网用户。我们表明,搜索引擎知识很少的用户比拥有更多知识的用户更可能信任和使用谷歌。一个矛盾是,用户对谷歌非常信任,但他们无法充分评估搜索结果。这可能是个问题,因为它可能影响知识的获取。因此,有必要促进用户信息扫盲,以便为搜索引擎中的用户信任奠定更坚实的基础。