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Tuesday, April 18
Why You Should be on Top!
Search engine users are increasingly abandoning their search queries after the first page, and the importance of attaining top search results within the search engines is becoming more apparent, according to the "iProspect Search Engine User Behavior Study".
Only 12 percent of U.S search engine users surveyed is searching beyond the first three pages of search results, with 62 percent guaranteed to click on the first page, compared with 48 percent in 2002.
Number of search results U.S users viewed prior to clicking on one
(% of users surveyed)
Response
2002
2004
2006
Only a few
16%
24%
23%
The first page
32%
36%
39%
The first 2 pages
23%
20%
19%
The first 3 pages
10%
8%
9%
More than 3 pages
19%
13%
10%
Source: iProspect, April 2006
The study also shows that 41 percent of users who do not find what they are looking for on the first page change their search terms or search engines, with 88 percent following suit if failing to find results after the third page.
82 percent of users will re-launch an unsuccessful search using the same search engine but add more keywords, suggesting the need for search engine marketers to also consider using longer and more precise keyword phrases to target users that are trying to improve results from their initial search.
What U.S users are likely to do if they do not find what they are looking for on a search engine. (% of users surveyed)
Response
2002
2006
Enter a few more words to better target the search
68%
82%
Switch search engines and try same keywords from initial search
27%
13%
Give up
3%
3%
Switch search engines and try different keywords from initial search
2%
2%
Source: iProspect, April 2006
Interestingly, the belief that companies whose websites feature at the top of the search results are leaders in their industry is slowly increasing, with 36 percent of search engine users agreeing, compared with 33 percent in 2002.
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