Stats on how people search and find info?

Patrice Le Vexier · 08-31-2009, 01:29 PM

Hi all,

Is there any known statistics on how people search and find information?

Any reference appreciated.

Thanks,

Patrice

Patrice Le Vexier · 08-31-2009, 06:59 PM

Nobody on this?

Thanks in advance

Patrice

shango11 · 08-31-2009, 07:01 PM

i think you can go to google trend and see what people are looking at right now, and i think if you click in one of the topic it shows you what people actually typed in the search bar.

Patrice Le Vexier · 08-31-2009, 07:13 PM

Shango,

Thanks for your answer, however my question does not exclusively refer to online research, but every kind of research.

Ideally, I'd need something like:

x percent of people are searching companies through yellow pages.
y percent of people are using search engines.

etc.

I'm sure I have read something about that in the past on WF but can't find it anymore.

Thanks anyway,

Patrice

Goatboy · 08-31-2009, 08:23 PM

There are a great number of statistics on this subject, but all of the useful ones are trade secrets of Google, Bing, Yahoo, Alexa, etc. Google does provide some pages with suggestions and a blog with a lot of information.

johnlagoudakis · 08-31-2009, 09:19 PM

Hi Patrice,

It would be different depending on what niche you want to find out about.

For example, niches that target older people would have a higher offline search percentage.

A great site for showing demographics and search trends is Quantcast.com

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Patrice Le Vexier HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 300 Thanks: 67 Thanked 72 Times in 27 Posts Contact Info	Re: Stats on how people search and find info? Nobody on this? Thanks in advance Patrice

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shango11 Active Warrior Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 35 Thanks: 15 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Stats on how people search and find info? i think you can go to google trend and see what people are looking at right now, and i think if you click in one of the topic it shows you what people actually typed in the search bar.

08-31-2009, 07:13 PM	#4
Patrice Le Vexier HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 300 Thanks: 67 Thanked 72 Times in 27 Posts Contact Info	Re: Stats on how people search and find info? Shango, Thanks for your answer, however my question does not exclusively refer to online research, but every kind of research. Ideally, I'd need something like: x percent of people are searching companies through yellow pages. y percent of people are using search engines. etc. I'm sure I have read something about that in the past on WF but can't find it anymore. Thanks anyway, Patrice

08-31-2009, 08:23 PM	#5
Goatboy Steve War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Posts: 420 Thanks: 496 Thanked 62 Times in 54 Posts	Re: Stats on how people search and find info? There are a great number of statistics on this subject, but all of the useful ones are trade secrets of Google, Bing, Yahoo, Alexa, etc. Google does provide some pages with suggestions and a blog with a lot of information.

08-31-2009, 09:19 PM	#6
johnlagoudakis JohnLagoudakis.com War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 354 Blog Entries: 8 Thanks: 33 Thanked 48 Times in 36 Posts Social Networking	Re: Stats on how people search and find info? Hi Patrice, It would be different depending on what niche you want to find out about. For example, niches that target older people would have a higher offline search percentage. A great site for showing demographics and search trends is Quantcast.com
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