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Adland is keeping things short and sweet to make you click: Semrush - Mumbrella

Last updated Wednesday, April 20, 2022 20:39 ET , Source: NewsService

According to “The State of Search 2022″ global report by global data provider Semrush, adland is keeping things short and sweet to make you click, with the study revealing that 71.5% of ads shown by Google only have 3-5 words.

The report also found that Google ignores title tags, rewrites SERP titles 62.1% of the time and 51% of last year’s online searches were only 1-2 words.

Leveraging Semrush’s database of 160M keywords, the report breaks down notable changes across SERP features, Google rankings, web vitals, and ecommerce.

Some key findings included that questions are the key to search success. 60% of unique search terms are based on informational intent (answer to a specific question).

In addition, the survey found that greater online searches start with simplicity. The majority (51%) of all searches in 2021 were 1-2 keywords in length with an overwhelming amount of ads shown by Google being keywords 3-5 words long (71.5%).

Also, it warned marketers to watch out for Google SERP title rewrites. Last year Google rewrote a greater quantity of SERP titles than ever before, ignoring title tags and rewriting the SERP title 62.1% of the time.

As well as this, local listings remain a critical SEO component. The report showed that the overwhelming majority of local listings shown to users were within two miles of the searcher’s location while only 6% of listings were more than 10 miles away.

Other findings included that there were significantly fewer newly ranking URLs in the...



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