Comments on: 8-Word Search Queries Up 34,000% in Last 5 Years!

By: Suchgewohnheiten ändern sich: Zunahme der Mehrwortsuche | Geheimreporter

Suchgewohnheiten ändern sich: Zunahme der Mehrwortsuche | Geheimreporter — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:15:50 +0000

[...] Tabelle wurde von Marketing-Pilgrim erstellt und von uns ins Deutsche [...]

By: Long-Tail Searches Increasing - Good News for Niche Web Sites–Internet Marketing Course Blog

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:42:58 +0000

[...] 8-Word Search Queries Up 34,000% in Last 5 Years! [...]

By: 3 Reasons the Long Tail Keeps Getting Longer | Search Marketing Sage

3 Reasons the Long Tail Keeps Getting Longer | Search Marketing Sage — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:17:52 +0000

[...] The average search query these days is five words long. There’s even a significant number of eight word queries! Eight word search queries increased 22% year-over-year. When, if ever, will it [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:35:20 +0000

34,000% of 0 is 0.

By: London Nick

London Nick — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:48:08 +0000

Come on – NOBODY used an 8-word search in 2004? I find that very hard to believe; if anything this particular stat just draws attention to the failings of Hitwise as a data source…

By: Jesse Farmer

Jesse Farmer — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:52:20 +0000

How do you get 34,000%? Jesse Farmer's last blog post..When in Rome: Newcomers on Facebook

By: Number of Words per Search

Number of Words per Search — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:31:00 +0000

[...] search users are using more words in their search queries compared to behavior from a year ago. The Marketing Pilgrim, Andy Beal, compares the recent HitWise data to a OneStat report from [...]

By: The Rise of the Long-Tail Keyword | Blippitt

The Rise of the Long-Tail Keyword | Blippitt — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:00:54 +0000

[...] reports that the length of our search queries has increased over the last 12 months. Comparing January 2009 to January 2008 [...]

By: Leo

Leo — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:35:27 +0000

This really doesn't surprise me, as far as long tail search is concerned. I think people are getting smarter in terms of drilling down and the information on the web is growing fast enough to facillitate a lot of 8 word search queries. Just my 2 cents though. Leo's last blog post..Keyword Research Tools Give Accurate Traffic Volume? I Don't think so?

By: Clay Schulenburg

Clay Schulenburg — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:22:03 +0000

Andy,

I’d agree that we are cutting and pasting search queries into Google now, more than we were. I am at the Pharma SES in Princeton this week and when I want to find the site for the conference, I am literally copying the title of event into google to find the link each time – “3rd Pharmaceutical Search Engine Marketing Strategies Conference” and this is a 7 token search query.

How do you think SEMs should factor phrase, broad, and exact matches in their search campaigns to get the best coverage on these longer queries?

Thanks,

Clay Schulenburg
www.Healthline.com

By: Jason Finch

Jason Finch — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:12:25 +0000

There is a lot more local search going on these days and my niche social networks have benefited massively from people looking for local content and describing their content better. As more sites appear on the web, so people will add more detail to narrow down their searches.

But, yes, would be real interesting to see the categories for additional search terms to see if localization has in fact been the new kid on the block.

By: 8-Word Search Queries Rise 34,000% Over 5 Years | HotelTravelCheck.com Blog

8-Word Search Queries Rise 34,000% Over 5 Years | HotelTravelCheck.com Blog — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:57:03 +0000

[...] Here’s the table with the percentages, courtesy of MarketingPilgrim.com: [...]