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6.7 Million Click-Throughs To Video Websites In September

6.7 Million Click-Throughs To Video Websites In September

Man Looking At Screen In September, 2.3 million UK households clicked-through to a video/movie site from a search engine, racking up over 6.7 million click-throughs in total, according to the latest data from internet research company, Nielsen//NetRatings.

Family households accounted for over half (53%) of all these click-throughs whilst young couples without children are twice as likely to be responsible for a click-through to a video/movie site (4.8%) than for a click-through across the entire internet (2.3%).

“Empty nesters” are 40% less likely to be responsible for a click-through to a video/movie site (16.2%) than for a click-through across the entire Internet (27.1%).

“Contrary to popular perception, search click-throughs to online videos aren’t coming from twenty-somethings – in fact it’s the opposite,” said Alex Burmaster, European Internet analyst. “Almost three-quarters of search click-throughs come from family households or households comprising couples over 35 with no children.”

How household types perform on click-throughs to videos/movies sites compared to entire Internet
Rank Household Type Share of click-throughs to video/movies Share of click-throughs to entire Internet ‘Likelihood’ rating for video/movies
1 Younger Couples – no children 4.80% 2.30% 108%
2 Families 52.90% 42.80% 24%
3 Couples 35+ – no children 19.10% 18.00% 6%
4 Young Singles 0.50% 0.70% -21%
5 Singles 35+ years old 6.30% 9.00% -30%
6 Empty Nesters 16.20% 27.10% -40%
E.g. In Sept 06 younger couples with no kids accounted for 4.8% of all click-throughs to video/movie sites but only 2.3% of all click-throughs across the Internet. Source: Nielsen//NetRatings UK MegaView Search, home data only, Sept 06

AOL Search is 39% more likely to be responsible for a click-through to a video/movie site (11%) than it is for a click-through across the entire internet (7.9%).

MSN/Windows Live Search is 64% less likely to be responsible for a click-through to a video/movie site (1.5%) than for a click-through across the entire Internet (4.2%).

Relative performance of search engines on click-throughs to videos/movies sites compared to entire Internet
Rank Search Engine* Share of click-throughs to video/movies Share of click-throughs to entire Internet ‘Likelihood’ rating for video/movies
1 AOL 11.00% 7.90% 39%
2 Yahoo! 11.60% 10.40% 12%
3 Google 70.70% 68.60% 3%
4 Orange 2.30% 2.30% -1%
5 Ask.com 1.90% 3.40% -44%
6 MSN/Windows Live 1.50% 4.20% -64%
E.g. In Sept 06 AOL accounted for 11% of all click-throughs to video/movie sites but only 7.9% of all Internet click-throughs. *Minimum requirement = 1.5% share of video/movie click-throughs. Source: Nielsen//NetRatings UK MegaView Search, home data only, Sept 06

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