Search Engine Users Statistics

Summary of: http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3462911

This was an alarming article when I read it. 2,200 adults were surveyed by phone, and some amazing statistics were discovered. 92 percent of those who use search engines said they are confident about their searching abilities, with 52 percent of them being very confident. I consider myself not a super tech-savvy person, but I think I know a bit about computers, and I consider myself a tiny bit under confident for my searching abilities. This is why I found these 2 statistics to be suprising. The other statistic I find to be suprising is that 17 percent of users say they always find the information for which they are looking when they perform a search. On this statistic, I agree with Deborah Fallows, Senior Research Fellow at the Pew Internet & American Life Project and author of the report, who is quoted in the article as saying "the majority are doing simple searches." I agree with this because I have done several searches where I have not found the information that I wanted to find. The other statistics were hard to believe, but the 3 I mentioned are in my opinion, the main ones.