Search Engines Help Small Businesses</h1> <article> <h1>Search Engines Help Small Businesses</h1> <p>MySolutionSpot Editor — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:55:54 GMT</p> <p>Small businesses depend more on search engine traffic than larger firms, according to a study conducted by <a href="http://www.hitwise.com/">Hitwise</a> in early 2007.</p> <p>The firm measured the percentage of average monthly traffic companies in the <a href="http://www.internetretailer.com/"><i>Internet Retailer</i></a> "Top 500 Guide" received from search engines in 2005 and 2006. Half of the businesses ranked from the 400th to the 500th positions depended on search engines for 50% or more of their total site traffic.</p> <p>By comparison, none of the top 100 retailers generated more than 40% of their site traffic from search engines, and half had between 20.1% and 30% of their traffic come from search engines.</p> <p>Web-only merchants averaged 64% their of monthly site traffic from search engines.</p> <p>Chain retailers and consumer brand manufacturers averaged 28% and 27% of their site traffic from search engines, respectively.</p> <p>Article Source: <a href="http://www.emarketer.com">www.emarketer.com</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div> </article> </main></body></html>