Did you know that a website that ranks #1 on Google receives more traffic than the websites on positions #2 to #4 combined? Chitika, an advertising network that I used to use back in 2006, recently did a study on the effect of Google rankings on organic traffic, which re-affirms past findings about heat maps, etc. Here’s a breakdown of the percentage of traffic received by the top 10 spots respectively, based on a sample of 8 million impressions: Read more: Worth reading:
#1 - 34.4%
#2 - 17.0%
#3 - 11.4%
#4 - 7.8%
#5 - 6.2%
#6 - 5.1%
#7 - 4.0%
#8 - 3.5%
#9 - 2.9%
#10 - 2.7%
> How Much Is A Google Top Spot Worth | SE Watch
> Google Organic Click Through Rate | Just Search
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Working in the SEO industry I’ve got firsthand knowledge and it’s all true. However, if you can get your site into say the top listings of Google Images or Google News then the traffic is just as high.
Comment by Best Blogs on June 12, 2010 at 10:48 am