Ask Marketing Experts search engine marketing forum Forum Index Ask Marketing Experts search engine marketing forum
Free search engine marketing advice
 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

Search Engines by the Numbers

 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Ask Marketing Experts search engine marketing forum Forum Index -> General Information
Author Message
admin
Site Admin


Joined: 11 Feb 2003
Posts: 310
Location: Los Angeles

PostPosted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 4:50 pm    Post subject: Search Engines by the Numbers Reply with quote

In the search engine wars, Google is the market leader. Not only do more people use Google, but they also use it more often. This is extremely important for being able to sell goods online.

[list:6856595799]
Yahoo! users tend to be slightly younger
MSN users tend to be slightly older
Google users tend to be slightly more affluent
[/list:u:6856595799]

A case study on the U.S. travel market showed 80 percent of all transactions occur [i:6856595799]after[/i:6856595799] the first click-through visit. So only 20 percent of people convert on the initial search visit. This is huge! Consider the long term effects of your website and measure conversions for the long term.


[url=http://www.clickz.com/experts/crm/analyze_data/article.php/3589121]clickz article[/url]
Back to top
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Ask Marketing Experts search engine marketing forum Forum Index -> General Information All times are GMT - 8 Hours
Page 1 of 1