Meryl's Notes Blog

Nua Internet Surveys: Internet users impatient with search results, which is no big surprise. However, what I found enlightening is that only 7.5 percent of the users refined their search when they didn’t get successful results on the first try. Instead, they go to another search engine.

I try again and look at a different perspective or remove / add key words. No biggie and I usually get what I need.

Only 23 percent of searchers go beyond the second page. In my case, it depends. If I’m looking for a hard-to-find topic, then I’ll go through a lot more pages before giving up. I’ve gone 5+ pages many times and found what I needed in those later pages.

It’s not a surprise that 52 percent use the same search engine, while 35 alternate among favorite search engines. I typically use Google every time, but when I am not looking for something specific, I go to Yahoo and use its categories. [Link Neat New Stuff I Found This Week]