Category Archives: Surveys & Statistics

Click Through Rate in SERP Positions

Written by Omar Kattan. Posted on March 13, 2008. Filed under Keyword Research, SEO Research, Surveys & Statistics. No comments.

Everybody knows that getting on the number one position in any of the search engines, and especially the big G, has its rewards in the form of lots and lots of (if you’ve done your keyword research correctly) very valuable and free targeted traffic. Whats frustrating to most though is how much traffic?  Keyword estimation tools such as [...]

One Quarter “New to Google” Searches

Written by Omar Kattan. Posted on July 19, 2007. Filed under Search Engine Marketing, Surveys & Statistics. No comments.

Up to one quarter of searches on Google are ‘new to google’ searches.  Udi Manber, Google’s VP of Search Quality at a recent conference said that “20 to 25% of the search queries Google receives every day are being seen by Google for the first time” This is an interesting stat as it highlights the [...]

Google partners with Sina in China

Written by Omar Kattan. Posted on June 12, 2007. Filed under Search News, Surveys & Statistics. No comments.
google-sina

In an effort to better penetrate the Chinese market, Google has partnered with the Chinese portal Sina to offer search facilities to its 230 Million registered users. The partnership is aimed at gaining market share over Baidu the dominant search provider in China. Replacing Lost Market Share? Google’s move is especially important given that last month, [...]

March 2007 Search Statistics

Written by Omar Kattan. Posted on June 8, 2007. Filed under Surveys & Statistics. No comments.
Comscore Stats

Google now accounts for 67 percent of all worldwide search queries, according to a March 2007 ComScore update. This is up from 66.3 percent the previous month. Yahoo dropped to 18.8% from 19.2% while MSN and other engines such as ASK amounted to 7.7%. US Search Statistics According to Comscore, 7.3 billion searches were conducted in the US in March. Google accounted for 3.5 [...]