Most people use 2 word phrases in search engines according to OneStat.com

Amsterdam - February 2 2004 - OneStat.com ( www.onestat.com ), the number one provider of real-time intelligence web analytics, today reported that most people use 2 word phrases in search engines. Of all the search phrases world wide, 32.58 percent of the people use 2 word phrases, 25.61 percent use 3 word phrases and 19.02 percent use 1 word phrase. More and more people use 3 word phrases instead of 1 word phrase. The global usage of 2 word phrases has increased with 3.36 percent from 29.22 percent to 32.58 percent since April 2003. The use of 1 word phrase has decreased with 5.74 percent from 24.76 percent to 19.02 percent. 

"Search engines like Google, MSN and Yahoo can drive a lot of traffic to a web site. It is important that a webmaster or SEO expert knows what kind of search phrases they have to use to drive more traffic to a site. Our software is the ultimate solution to measure search phrases and search phrases by search engine. Each webmaster or SEO expert can analyse what kind of search engines the visitors use to find a web site," said Niels Brinkman, co-founder of OneStat.com.

The 7 most used word phrases in search engines on the web are:

All numbers are an average of the last 2 months. OneStat.com is the number one provider of real-time website analysis software in the world. Our superior technology powers thousands of websites in different countries all over the world.  With our accurate, detailed & reliable reports we will be able to answer questions about visitor behaviour, site performance and retention. 

The OneStat.com solutions provide executives, marketers and webmasters with answers to critical e-business questions such as: 

·        Who is visiting my website?

·        How many pageviews, visits (sessions) and visitors are coming on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or yearly basis?

·        What content, products, and services do my visitors prefer?

·        How many visitors return to the website and how often?

·        What kind of search engine do they use?

·        What kind of technology do your visitors use to view the website?

·        How much time do they spent on the website?  

OneStat.com has the intention to become the number one and largest pan-European provider of real-time website analysis software. The web analytics ASP market totalled $49 million in 2000 and could be worth over $700 million in 2004, according to research agencies. 

Methodology: A global usage share of xx percent for search phrase Y means that xx percent of the visitors of Internet users arrived at sites that are using one of OneStat.com's services by using the particular number of search phrases Y. All numbers mentioned in the research are averages and all measurements are normalised to the GMT timezone. Research is based on a sample of 2 million visitors divided into 20,000 visitors of 100 countries each day.

Note for editors: for more information, please contact OneStat.com, Belgieplein 84, 1066 SC Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Phone: +31 (0)20 77 92 544 E-mail: press@onestat.com Website : www.onestat.com