Two little words - on top for searches
Data released by RankStat.com show that when conducting online searches, most people use two-word phrases.
In a survey of search engines worldwide, the firm found that 28% of all searches are two-word phrases, 27% are three-word phrases and 16% are four-word phrases.
The top 10 numbers of words used in searches worldwide were:
- Two words: 28.38%
- Three words: 27.15%
- Four words: 16.42%
- One word: 13.48%
- Five words: 8.03%
- Six words: 3.67%
- Seven words: 1.63%
- Eight words: 0.73%
- Nine words: 0.34%
- 10 words: 0.16%
Single-word searches ranked fourth.