"Search engines are the number one way consumers find new web sites online, used by 73.4% of those surveyed"

Forrester

"Search engines is the number one way to generate traffic on websites"

WebCMO

 "80% of internet users use search engines to find the sites they want"

Institude of Technology

"Users looking for products are far more likely to type the product name into a search engine"s search box (28%) than browse shopping "channels" (5%) or click on ads (4%)"

Jupiter Media Metrix & NPD

"Search engine positioning was the top method cited by web site marketers to drive traffic to their sites (66%), followed by email marketing (54%)"

Direct Marketing Association

"On average, Americans experience "search rage" if they don"t find what they want within 12 minutes"

WebTop Search Rage Study