You may be surprised by these statistics. Taken from various authority sources over the last year or two. Ask yourself if you also use the Internet in the same way as your potential customers?

Roughly 90% of Google searchers never go past the first page results. How often do you go to the 2nd page and beyond?

As many as 80% of online searchers ignore paid ads and go directly to the organic search engine results. Are you one of those majority?

One third (33%) of all user clicks go the top listing on page one. Are you on the top spot for your keywords? Here’s a graph showing the percentage breakdown. Courtesy of Online Ad network Chitika:

 

YouTube is the 2nd biggest search engine. Bought by Google in 2006 for $1.6 Billion. It now has more traffic than Yahoo and Bing combined.

Mobile is king for Local Businesses wanting to be found by their prospects. Make sure your site is Mobile Optimized and you have a strategy in place to attract these local searchers. Florida SEO services can help you convert them efficiently into leads with a mobile optimized website.

Leads derived from SEO traffic to a business website cost 61% less than paying for cold calling. Incoming leads have a close rate of around 15% and often much higher, compared to 1.7% for direct media advertising. And the customer has found you, so is a much easier sale than outbound methods.

Users on Google generate ~85% percent of the online search traffic. Yahoo and Bing have perhaps 15% combined.