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LDD2012 - Google - the future of search
1. The Future of Search
Daniel Solomons
Google Confidential and Proprietary 1
2. Still organizing the world’s information
“The ultimate search engine would basically understand everything in
the world, and it would always give you the right thing.”
Larry Page
Google Confidential and Proprietary 2
3. Consumers are hyper-informed
Online sources considered
before making purchase
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90% of European internet users go 12
online to search for products & services
10
7
Google Confidential and Proprietary 33
4. Over a billion searches are performed everyday
200 million new searches a day
Google Confidential and Proprietary 4
27. 40% Mobile Searches
20% of searches have
have a Local intent
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Google Confidential and Proprietary 27
28. Hourly Distribution of Searches by Platform and UK Television Viewing
(Searches do not reflect absolute traffic volume)
TV
80%
mobile users
access their device
whilst watching TV
TABLET
PHONE
70%
tablet owners use
their device whilst
watching TV
LAPTOP
12:00 AM 3:00 AM 6:00 AM 9:00 AM 12:00 PM 3:00 PM 6:00 PM 9:00 PM
Tablet Mobile Desktop Television
% of each platform’s traffic shown hourly for one day.
Source: Google internal data, 2011 Google Confidential and Proprietary 28
Source: BARB - weekdays, January – March 2012
29. Mobile Search requires a slightly different approach
1Click-
to-call
2 Site-
Links
3
Click-to-
download
4
Hyper
local
Google Confidential and Proprietary 29