User blog comment:Daniel Baran/Search Developments: Big Picture/@comment-3508190-20120508232616/@comment-3474542-20120509111304

Going to an exact matching page or file is not just the way Wikipedia does it. It's also the way many other sites, and even ISPs, web browsers, and some Operating Systems handle search functionality when a user types in an exact match to an address and presses the Enter key.