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January 18, 2007
Two- and Three-Word Queries Rule
According to data collected from users of European Web analytics provider OneStat, most people use 2- or 3-word queries in search engines. The RankStat research is based on a sample of 2 million visitors, made up of 20,000 visitors in 100 countries each day.
Here's the full breakdown:
- Two-word phrases -- 28.38 percent
- Three-word phrases -- 27.15 percent
- Four-word phrases -- 16.42 percent
- One-word phrase -- 13.48 percent
- Five-word phrases -- 8.03 percent
- Six-word phrases -- 3.67 percent
- Seven-word phrases -- 1.63 percent
- Eight-word phrases -- 0.73 percent
- Nine-word phrases -- 0.34 percent
- Ten-word phrases -- 0.16 percent
Posted by Kevin Newcomb at January 18, 2007 10:54 AM
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