Comments on: The Economic Impact of Search https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/the-economic-impact-of-search.html?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Canada's Search and Social Media Authority Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:58:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Singapore SEO https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/the-economic-impact-of-search.html/comment-page-1#comment-3991 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:58:45 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/the-economic-impact-of-search.html#comment-3991 I rarely go beyond the first page unless the first page results are irrelevant to my query. To get your visibility online, business should first start off with local SEO.
Rif Chia

]]> By: Phil https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/the-economic-impact-of-search.html/comment-page-1#comment-3973 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:18:42 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/the-economic-impact-of-search.html#comment-3973 @ Michael D I have begun to always start looking online, from window repair to buying gifts, which is not so common in South Africa, but although my local suppliers may not always even have websites, I at least find them through local business directories that I find using Google 🙂

Due to the nature of Google, the more info you provide online the better for you definately.

]]> By: Marketing Man https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/the-economic-impact-of-search.html/comment-page-1#comment-3967 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:05:34 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/the-economic-impact-of-search.html#comment-3967 Wow, what a great point you have highlighted here. I guess old school search is much better for business if your business site is not well structured for search engine optimization. So it’s safer to use both to good effect, still keep to the old school directories and strive to rank on the first page of search engines for your online directories.

]]> By: Michael D https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/the-economic-impact-of-search.html/comment-page-1#comment-3960 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:53:12 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/the-economic-impact-of-search.html#comment-3960 Search has affected the economics of my business in a big way. I’ve discovered that even though I am sort of on the corner (right next to a place like in the top photo) our neighbors call to get more information before coming in. The number called is from the website so we know they are looking online. Wonder if we had no internet presence would they be going to another office just because it was easier to get info online. Glad we are findable.

]]> By: Phil https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/the-economic-impact-of-search.html/comment-page-1#comment-3955 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:18:38 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/the-economic-impact-of-search.html#comment-3955 Haha, yes I see Ruud thank you, I stand corrected. The same happens for searches “pet shops london”, “coffee london” and “auto parts london” – universal search hard at work there.

I suppose the nature of ranking of results in this case does limit choice, both the fault of the search engine AND the searcher.

]]> By: Phil https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/the-economic-impact-of-search.html/comment-page-1#comment-3948 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:04:59 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/the-economic-impact-of-search.html#comment-3948 It’s only web people that really know that more relevant results might exist further pages down, just because they might not have achieved ranking.

I don’t think Google organic search can really be defined as a business directory, although it does somewhat assume that role when someone performs a search for “nearby pizza places”. Perhaps Google should aim at recognizing these types of searches more comprehensively and serving different types of results.

]]> By: Pushkar Gaikwad https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/the-economic-impact-of-search.html/comment-page-1#comment-3945 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:15:25 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/the-economic-impact-of-search.html#comment-3945 Good article though the upto page 3 is very rare imo though I don’t think its that rare for obscure and long tail keywords. A person will keep on searching until he find the Best page…

By the way, Ruud are you from some scandinavian country ? 🙂

Pushkar

]]> By: Metaspring https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/the-economic-impact-of-search.html/comment-page-1#comment-3937 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:05:55 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/the-economic-impact-of-search.html#comment-3937 Actually i was surprised to read that the average searcher searches up to page three. I personally rarely if ever go beyond page one or two at the max.

]]> By: Funny News Stories https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/the-economic-impact-of-search.html/comment-page-1#comment-3925 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:18:24 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/the-economic-impact-of-search.html#comment-3925 I think the statement that most people don’t go past the third page of search results is slightly misleading, in that it makes it sound like many people go that far. In this our age of SEO, it’s rare that I go past the 1st page unless I’m conducting research, particularly if I was looking for something as mundane as local pizza.

]]> By: Comparison Shopping https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/the-economic-impact-of-search.html/comment-page-1#comment-3924 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:40:53 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/the-economic-impact-of-search.html#comment-3924 Be listed but not ranked~! That is an astoundingly clear definition of what happens to most businesses.

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