To what extent you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about search engines: "Your company uses search engine optimization techniques to appear higher in the search results"*
Characteristic
Share of responding small and medium enterprises
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companies employing 1 to 250 employees in the retail and services.
Method of interview
Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)
Supplementary notes
SME: small and medium enterprises.
The original survey questions was phrased as follows: "Please tell me to what extent you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about search engines. This includes general and specialist search engines or search engines which are integrated in marketplaces: Your company uses search engine optimization techniques to appear higher in the search results (%)"
Citation formats
UK: use of seach engine optimization among small & medium enterprises April 2016
This statistic displays the findings of a survey on the use of search engine optimization techniques among small and medium enterprises to appear higher in the search results in the United Kingdom (UK) in . During the survey period, it was found that ** percent of responding SMEs totally agreed that they used such techniques.
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