- Germans use fewer words, avg 1.66 terms
- Boolean operators are seldom used
- Germans tend to stick to one Search Engine
- Germans search for Porn less freqently
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
German Search Study
I found this study on the habits of German search users. It's not that long of a read but not overly entertaining. Some of the data is a bit dated, but likely does indicate overall differences in how Germans search. There are some noteworthy hiighlights(compared to US searchers):
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Interesting. I suspect the "fewer words" is really an artifact of the construction of the language -- from what I know, Germans mash together multiple words to make a single word... hence fewer white spaces.
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