[Sigia-l] queries per term

[Christina Wodtke]

Considering onestat uses non-web search engines, this might be a far more
relevant number for those folks building site/enterprise search.

We've used onestat in the past, and they scew high because of the large
number of technical/geek sites they use, which means their resolutions are
usually predicative rather than accurate for the general population (i.e.
when matched to Y! stats, they are usually a bit higher in higher
resolution, due to gamer websites included) and I assume that might apply to
the number of query terms used compared to say, BBCi or Exite numbers
referenced earlier.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karl Fast" <karl.fast at pobox.com>
To: "sigia" <sigia-l at asis.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 5:43 AM
Subject: [Sigia-l] queries per term


>
> 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
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