Selected news stories about the Pew Internet Project and articles citing our data.
Savvy searchers fail to spot ads
1/24/2005 | 
Coverage
BBC News UK Edition, Technology
'"Internet search engine users are an odd mix of naive and sophisticated, suggests a report into search habits.
The report by the US Pew Research Center reveals that 87% of searchers usually find what they were looking for when using a search engine. It also shows that few can spot the difference between paid-for results and organic ones. "
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