Most Searchers Use Two Word Phrases
Trent Blizzard | 4 November 2005 | 1 Review »
Most Searchers Use Two Word Phrases. According to OneStat, the 7 most-used word phrases in search engines on the web are:
1. 2 word phrases 32.58%
2. 3 word phrase 25.61%
3. 1 word phrases 19.02%
4. 4 word phrases 12.83%
French, Garrett. Optimize for Two Word Phrase
WebProNews.com 3 Feb 2004. Retrieved April 8, 2004
November 16th, 2005 at 5:34 pm
These stats are right on in my experience. The 2 and 3 word phrases account for the most activity and are what should be targeted. 4 word phrases are better for most people than 1 word phrases. focus on those 2-3 word phrases when possible.