Ken Cassar

Ken Cassar
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The top players have held their respective positions for the past six months, demonstrating the benefits of incumbency in the search arena.
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The top five players have held their respective positions for the past six months, demonstrating the benefits of incumbency in the search arena.
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Web users are conducting more searches not because they can't find what they're looking for, but because search as a utility has become deeply ingrained into people's everyday lives.
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There are a lot of positive things happening in the search space that only lead me to believe people will use it more frequently.
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Consumers seem to increasingly see search as their starting point when they go online.
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There are two types of online searchers that type a Web site's URL into a search engine rather than into the browser's address bar. Those inexperienced enough not to appreciate the difference between the two, and those that are so experienced they have become habituated to using the search engine as their portal to the Internet.
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The double-digit increase in online search activity marks a significant milestone in the evolution of Internet consumer behavior. Online search is the primary tool most people rely on to do everyday research.
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The growth of search and the role of search in usage of the Internet has been astounding. When you look at search penetration, it's near 80 percent. The number of searches each person generates, it's high. It would be intuitive to say the numbers can't get any bigger than they are, but they've continued nonetheless.
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These startups are really just a virtual shelf. You have to wonder about their value. They don't even have a customer base.
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Whether it's out of laziness or ignorance, consumers' starting point is very much search.
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We've found time and time again that sales taxes did not have a significant impact (on online sales decisions), ... Sales tax is a smaller issue for consumers.
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I wouldn't say this will ruin things for 800.com, but it could have a very serious effect on customer acquisition,
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My guess is that Amazon has seen the writing on the wall, ... They think they'll get slammed next week when they release their quarterly report and they're trying to cut their losses by telling the Street they're taking measures to control costs.
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What Sears is trying to do with appliances makes sense. It may not sell a lot of refrigerators for them, but it will help them qualify and educate their customers.