[Sigia-l] queries per term

[Karl Fast]

The other day, someone asked for stats on how many terms people use
for web queries.

I just found this press release from OneStat that gives recent
figures. I'm not sure who they included in their figures, but you
might find this interesting. I have included the main table, but
there is more at the URL.


  Most people use 2 word phrases in search engines according to OneStat.com
  2004-FEB-02
  http://www.onestat.com/html/aboutus_pressbox27.html

  The 7 most used word phrases in search engines on the web are:

  1. 2 word phrases     32.58%   
  2. 3 word phrase      25.61%    
  3. 1 word phrases     19.02%     
  4. 4 word phrases     12.83%      
  5. 5 word phrases     5.64%        
  6. 6 word phrases     2.32%         
  7. 7 word phrases     0.98%


--karl