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Perennial SearcherPerennial SearcherApril 11, 2008 80% of Web Searches = InformationalThe findings of a Penn State study reveal that 80% of Internet searches are “informational”. What, exactly, does that word mean in context? Answer: “Informational searching involves looking for a specific fact or topic, navigational searching seeks to locate a specific Web site and transactional searching looks for information related to buying a particular product or service.” No Comments »RSS feed for comments on this post. Leave a comment
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