12-08-2005, 12:33 PM
Quote:Search remains a major source of visits to retail websites during the holiday season, with search engines and directories contributing 17.9 percent of all visits...Google led in search engine referrals, having provided 10.8 percent of all visits to online retailers. Yahoo Search and MSN Search accounted for 4.1 percent and 0.8 percent, respectively.
...this "demonstrates that consumers continue to manually search and compare across several online retailers.
full article: http://www.marketingvox.com/archives/200..._etailers/