Search Engines: A Pew Internet Project Data Memo
7/3/2002 | 
Memo | Susannah Fox
85% of American Internet users have ever used an online search engine to find information on the Web and 29% of Internet users rely on a search engine on a typical day. Only the act of sending or reading email outranks search-engine queries as an online activity – some 52% of Internet users check email on a typical day. About one in four Internet users has typed their own names into a search engine to see what information about them is on the Web. About one in three Internet users has looked up someone else’s name on a search engine. Internet users employ different search strategies for different topics – health, government, and religious information are three topics examined in this report.
Other Online Activities & Pursuits Resources
Report | Online Shopping
Memo | Increased Use of Video-sharing Sites
Report | Information Searches That Solve Problems
Memo | Hobbyists Online
Report | Wikipedia users
Related Topic Areas
Report Press Release
Report Coverage:
Data Set:
August-September 2001 Data Set (fielded until 9/10/01)
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