Most people use 2-word phrases when searching

OneStat.com, a provider of real-time intelligence web analytics, today reported that most people use 2 word phrases in search engines. Of all the search phrases world wide, 32.58% of the people use 2 word phrases, 25.61% use 3 word phrases and 19.02% use 1 word phrase. More and more people use 3 word phrases instead of 1 word phrase. The global usage of 2 word phrases has increased with 3.36% from 29.22% to 32.58% since April 2003. The use of 1 word phrase has decreased with 5.74% from 24.76% to 19.02%.

The 7 most used word phrases in search engines on the web are:

1. 	2 word phrases 	32.58%
2. 	3 word phrase 	25.61%
3. 	1 word phrases 	19.02%
4. 	4 word phrases 	12.83%
5. 	5 word phrases 	5.64%
6. 	6 word phrases 	2.32%
7. 	7 word phrases 	0.98%