Search Engine Advertising
Incremental Mobile Search Advertising Clicks, July 2013 [CHART]
Google has run studies in the past showing that somewhere in the range of 85-89% of search ad clicks are incremental – meaning that visits to the advertiser’s site from the ad clicks are not replaced by organic clicks when the search ads are paused.
Read MoreGlobal Mobile Ad Revenues & Format Shares, 2011 vs 2012 [CHART]
Global mobile ad revenues grew by 83% year-over-year in 2012, climbing from $4.8 billion to $8.9 billion.
Read MoreGlobal Search Engine Market Share, Q2 2013 [CHART]
Chinese search engine Baidu’s share of global paid search clicks continues to grow.
Read MoreUS Mobile Ad Spending Share By Format, 2011-2017 [TABLE]
eMarketer expects search will account for 51.7% of mobile ad spending this year.
Read MoreUS Mobile Search Ad Spending By Device Type, Q2 2013 [CHART]
Tablets took a greater share of mobile paid search spend than mobile phones, as tablet devices are seen as important real estate that drives conversions, especially among online shoppers.
Read MoreUS Mobile Search Advertising Growth By Metric & Device, Q2 2013 [CHART]
US mobile paid search spend more than doubled year over year on both smart phones and tablets. By comparison, total search spend was up only 7% over Q2 2012.
Read MoreeCommerce Customer Acquisition Channel Comparison, 2009-2013 [TABLE]
Organic search has not only accounted for the greatest percentage of acquired customers over the past 4 years, but it also boasts the highest CLV relative to the average.
Read MoreUS Mobile Search Advertising Trends, Q2 2013 [CHART]
There doesn’t seem to be any slowdown in mobile search ad spending, which has doubled on a year-over-year basis for several quarters now.
Read MoreAmerican Adults' Website Discovery Sources, June 2013 [CHART]
Online adults in the US are more likely to discover websites via natural search engine results than through any other means, reports Forrester Research.
Read MoreSMB Online Marketing Tactics, March 2013 [TABLE]
The top three tools or solutions used by SMBs for digital marketing were websites, used by 86.6% of respondents, social media (77.3%) and email marketing (65.8%).
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