Search Engine Marketing Statistics

• -74% of people use search engines to research products before buying
• -54% of people use search engines to find the site they buy from
• -Surveys show that 36% of search engine users believe that companies whose sites top search results are the leaders in their field
• -80% of first-time visitors to a website get there as a direct result of search engine queries
• -More than 43% of people who bought on-line found the website via a search engine
• -Consumers are nearly five times more likely to buy after seeing search listings versus banners

Fact: The internet is used to research products and services more than ANY other source
Fact: Search engines are the preferred method of finding companies online

Fact: Search engine marketing has quickly become one of the BEST forms of acquiring new clients

Fact: Search engine usage is expected to nearly double within the next four years