I was watching last week’s “Whiteboard Friday” presented by SEOmoz and they mentioned a site that shares Trends on the following topics.
- Browser
- Brower Version
- Mobile Browser *
- Operating System
- Mobile OS
- Search Engine *
- Mobile Search *
- Mobile vs. Desktop *
- Screen Resolution
- Social Media
- Digg vs. Reddit
You are also able to view the trends for the whole world, or select a specific country and set the time period of interest.
Here are a few of the results for the *various reports I ran that I thought would be beneficial for Innkeepers and Small Business Owners. You may also go directly to http://gs.statcounter.com and run additional reports that you might be interested in.
Mobile vs. Desktop Users (USA)
Notice the upwards trend in Mobile Users
Last 12 Months Last 6 Months Last 3 Months
Desktop 93.27 % 92.43 % 91.94 %
Mobile Device 6.73 % 7.57 % 8.06 %
Top Mobile Browsers (USA - Last 12 Months)
- Android 39.66%
- iPhone 25.23 %
- BlackBerry 23.74 %
- iPod Touch 10.93 %
Mobile Searches (USA - Last 12 Months)
- Google 95.46 %
- Yahoo 3.12 %
- Bing 1.19 %
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All Search Engines (USA - Last 12 Months)
- Google 80.48 %
- Yahoo 9.31 %
- Bing 8.48 %
So, WHY should YOU be Interested in this Data?
Because you should be reviewing your Google Analytics at least once a month if not more, and this program provides you national and worldwide averages. You can use these averages to compare to your site’s traffic. Are you experiencing above, similar or below traffic for the same period (IE: last 12 months, 6 months, etc.) as others?
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Lisa Kolb
President and Co-Founder
Acorn Internet Services
