Posts Tagged ‘online shopping’

New figures released explore our search engine habits

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

A survey of over 1000 Australians explored some of our search engine habits, and discovered a general lack of understanding around why search engines display the results they do.

It was revealed that,

  • 46 per cent of online shoppers said the order of search results displayed affected their choice in choosing where to shop.
  • Only 15 per cent of respondents look past the 1st page of search results.
  • On average 72 per cent of users select the first website listed, with the second and third websites receiving 13 per cent and 8 per cent of clicks respectively.

About 6 per cent of Australian retail sales are made online, or roughly $12.6 billion a year. This is expected to increase significantly.

You can read more over at theage.com.au

New figures show growth in online shopping

Friday, July 29th, 2011

A Sydney Morning Herald article has some new figures showing strong growth in online shopping.

Data analytics company Quantium has revealed that there is a 20 per cent annual increase in the number of people who shop online.

The makeup of these shoppers? 40% are over 45, while those aged under 25 account for only 15% of total transactions.