Owners of small and medium sized enterprises; n = 66: have already paid or are considering paying for search engine advertising
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Question: What search engine providers did you pay/would you pay a certain amount of money in order to be found more quickly on the respective search engine? [have already paid or consider to pay]
Small to medium businesses are defined as those having less than 500 employees.
Citation formats
Leading search engine providers used by SMEs in the U.S. 2016
This statistic shows the leading search engine providers used by small to medium sized enterprise (SME) owners in the United States in order to be found more quickly as of ***. During the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ survey conducted in ***, ** percent of responding SME owners said that they had paid or were considering to pay Google in order to be found more quickly in their search engine.
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ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Survey. "Leading search engine providers used by small to medium sized enterprise (SME) owners in the United States as of November 2016." Chart. November 25, 2016. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 20, 2026. /statistics/642282/us-search-engine-providers-used-by-small-to-medium-sized-enterprises/
ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Survey. (2016). Leading search engine providers used by small to medium sized enterprise (SME) owners in the United States as of November 2016. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 20, 2026. /statistics/642282/us-search-engine-providers-used-by-small-to-medium-sized-enterprises/
ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Survey. "Leading Search Engine Providers Used by Small to Medium Sized Enterprise (Sme) Owners in The United States as of November 2016." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 25 Nov 2016, /statistics/642282/us-search-engine-providers-used-by-small-to-medium-sized-enterprises/
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