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Contradicting other data, Compete says search traffic growing on the desktop
Firm argues number of searchers and searches per user have grown significantly on the PC since last year....
Google developing keyboard for iPhone in hopes of boosting search volumes [report]
Keyboard part of a larger strategy to boost engagement with search on mobile devices....
New benchmarks: Google AdWords cost per acquisition across 20 industries [study]
Are you a PPC Unicorn or a PPC Donkey? Columnist Larry Kim shares data on CPA averages by industry so you can see how you measure up to the...
Data show that search query volumes on the PC peaked in 2013
Three years ago was the high-water mark for desktop...
The Associated Press Partners With Google & Twitter To Track 2016 Election Trends
The AP Election Buzz tool tracks 2016 election-related search volume and tweets....
Since 2013 Bing’s Share Up 5 Points, Ask & AOL Going Way Of The BlackBerry
January US desktop search rankings from comScore were released yesterday. There was almost no movement in the numbers from the previous month;...
Valentine’s Day Searches Start Now: When They’ll Peak Depends On The Category
Looking at last year's trends, last-minute buyers sought out cards. This and other search and ad trends from Bing Ads....
Adobe: Paid Search Spend Growth Slowed In Q4, Mobile Continued To Eat Into Desktop
Retail advertising spend on mobile Shopping ads nearly doubled year-over-year in Q4....
Google Down 1 Billion PC Searches From 2014, But Mobile Volumes Likely Way Up
December desktop search rankings from comScore came out yesterday. Bing gained slightly versus November; most others are off a fraction of a...
Survey: Under 40 Percent Start A Local Search With A Search Engine
What we widely call “local search” is only partly about search engines. Finding local content and making offline purchase decisions...
DuckDuckGo Ends 2015 On A High Note, Reaches 12M Searches In A Single Day
The privacy search engine averaged more than 10 million searches per day by the end of the year....
Report: Competitors Amazon, Facebook, Yelp & TripAdvisor Gain Top Google Search Visibility In 2015
Etsy, Instagram, Groupon and Food.com post the biggest improvements in search...
Using Search Data To Explain Media Impact
Wondering how your television ads are impacting search? Columnist Andrew Ruegger shares his method for gleaning these...
Is Google’s Search Market Share Actually Dropping?
In a followup to his 2014 survey, contributor Eli Schwartz shares his data on search engine market share and looks at how it's changing over...
Top Searches On Bing In 2015: Caitlyn Jenner, Tom Brady & Paris
Microsoft released this year's top Bing searches for celebrities, athletes, news stories and a number of other categories....
Yahoo’s Top Searches In 2015: From Caitlyn Jenner To Ronda Rousey, Females Take Over The Top 10 List
2015 was the year of the woman on Yahoo, with eight of the top ten searches focused on female singers, actresses, athletes and reality...
Paid Search Spend On “Black Friday” Terms Began Surging A Month Earlier Than Last Year [Study]
Paid search ad spend on desktop text ads started escalating the week of September 27, a month ahead of 2014's...
Search Market Share In October 2015 Looks A Lot Like It Did In October 2008
October desktop search data from comScore came out late Friday afternoon. Google appears to have “stabilized” at roughly 64 percent...
JustWatch Claims Google’s Anti-Piracy Efforts Haven’t Hurt Streaming Sites
Google's Piracy Update has worked well removing torrent sites but not so well with illegal streaming sites, says a...
The Surprise Discovery Wayfair Made About Organic Rankings And Conversions
After a Google algorithm update boosted its rankings, e-commerce retailer Wayfair discovered that ranking #1 is even more crucial than...
