http://www.webmasterbrain.com/seo-news/misc-seo-news/why-being-1-is-important/ <p>Jakob Nielson has <a href="http://www.useit.com/alertbox/defaults.html">an interesting piece</a> on a <a href="http://www.cs.cornell.edu/People/tj/publications/joachims_etal_05a.pdf">recent study [PDF]</a> by Professor Thorsten at Cornell University, on search engines.</p> <p>The main point of interest is the studies findings on the click through rates of the the competing top positions. The study found that 42% of users clicked the top result, and only 8% clicked the second result. They also found that if the researches secretly switched the top two listing, the top listing (which was formerly in second place) still had a relatively high 34% CTR, with the second result still only slightly higher than previously at 12%.</p> <p>The study, and Nielson essentially conclude this behaviour to be mostly reflection of users' implicit trust in the search engine to serve the best result first, and plain laziness on the part of the user.</p> en Copyright 2005 WebmasterBrain.com webmaster@webmasterbrain.com Wed, 06 Sep 2006 09:32:35 GMT Wed, 06 Sep 2006 09:32:35 GMT http://www.webmasterbrain.com/img/logo.gif http://www.webmasterbrain.com/seo-news/misc-seo-news/why-being-1-is-important/ http://www.webmasterbrain.com/seo-news/misc-seo-news/why-being-1-is-important/size-genetics/ &lt;p&gt;Download 7 penis enlargement videos. User ratings &amp; reviews of 55 penis enlargement pills, 15 penis enlargement devices, 10 penis enlargement patches.&lt;/p&gt; http://www.webmasterbrain.com/seo-news/misc-seo-news/why-being-1-is-important/size-genetics/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2005 00:57:13 GMT Why Being #1 is Important http://www.webmasterbrain.com/seo-news/misc-seo-news/why-being-1-is-important/question/ &lt;p&gt;Can i buy this&lt;/p&gt; http://www.webmasterbrain.com/seo-news/misc-seo-news/why-being-1-is-important/question/#comments Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:40:23 GMT Why Being #1 is Important