Omar Kattan » Surveys & Statistics

Click Through Rate in SERP Positions

Omar Kattan — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:39:37 +0000

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 Keyword Discovery, and Wordtrackergive you a rough g... Read more..

One Quarter “New to Google” Searches

Omar Kattan — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:59:17 +0000

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 sophistcation of searchers when performin... Read more..

Google partners with Sina in China

Omar Kattan — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:58:37 +0000

In an effort to better penetrate the Chinese market, Google has partnered with the Chinese portal Read more..

March 2007 Search Statistics

Omar Kattan — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:18:55 +0000

Google now accounts for 67 percent of all worldwide search queries, according to a March 2007 ComScore update. This is up from 66.3 perc... Read more..