SEO STATISTICS
62% of search users click a link on the first page of search result.
23% of searches progress to the second page.
80% of unsuccessful searches are followed with keyword refinement.
77% of search users choose organic over paid listing when searching, 67% choose organic search when purchasing.
When the searcher is purchasing, organic click-through generates 25% higher conversion rates than equivalent Pay-Per-Click (PPC) click-through.
40% of SEO campaigns aware of their ROI achieve returns in excess of 500%.
Daily use of search engines rose from 33% in 2002 to 85% in 2008. The average day in 2005 reported 60 million people using a search engine.
The validity of these statistics depend on various experimental factors (i.e. large, representative samples of searchers/searches), and on accurate statistical analysis.
WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR OURSELVES IN 5 MONTHS
MSN: utah web analytics rank 9
utah sem rank 4
customized seo rank 3
YAHOO: utah seo rank 14
utah sem rank 1
utah web analytics rank 6
customized seo rank 20
GOOGLE: utah sem rank 3
custom seo rank 8
seo sem strategy rank 20
STRATEGYNODE SUCCESS STORIES
Client: utah photographer
Results of SEO: after 6 months site received 500 unique visitors, 23% increase in return visitors after website redesign, 30% increase in proposal requests, 20% gross business revenue increase.
Client: utah doggie day care
Results of SEO: after website redesign, logo design, and 3 months of SEO, Yahoo! rank of 5 out of 1.4 million webpages and Google rank of 16 out of 2.9 million webpages.
Client: dog apparel and accessory store, new york city
Result of SEO: rank No. 1, 4, & 7 on Google and 3, 3, & 5 on Yahoo! and have kept rank position for over a year.
