Most people use 2 word phrases in search engines according to OneStat.com

Bob Cox writes “Amsterdam – February 2 2004 – OneStat.com ( www.onestat.com ), the number one provider of real-time intelligence web analytics, today reported that most people use 2 word phrases in search engines. Of all the search phrases world wide, 32.58 percent of the people use 2 word phrases, 25.61 percent use 3 word phrases and 19.02 percent use 1 word phrase. More and more people use 3 word phrases instead of 1 word phrase. The global usage of 2 word phrases has increased with 3.36 percent from 29.22 percent to 32.58 percent since April 2003. The use of 1 word phrase has decreased with 5.74 percent from 24.76 percent to 19.02 percent.
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February 4, 2004 by Uncategorized 4

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  1. Grumpy Librarian says:
    February 4, 2004 at 8:31 am

    Phrases?
    Are these real phrases using quotation marks? Attempts at phrases, but improperly constructed? Or seperate search terms?

    And how many are using Boolean??

    (I remember a presentation at a conference a few years back that suggested that people with “adult information needs” used the most complex searches.)

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  2. Anna says:
    February 4, 2004 at 6:24 pm

    one-word phrase?

    phrase: n. Grammar. Two or more words in sequence that form a syntactic unit that is less than a complete sentence.

    The research must be true; I never use a one-word phrase.

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  3. Samantha says:
    February 5, 2004 at 12:09 am

    Re:Phrases?
    Are “adult information needs” what I’m thinking they are? Or am I hanging around the college kids too much?

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  4. Grumpy Librarian says:
    February 5, 2004 at 12:22 am

    Re:Phrases?
    Yup! I guess they are highly motivated searchers!

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