Interesting Search Trends from the Alt Search Engines Conference
People who use Mobile Search are usually:
- Sofa Searchers (they surf the web from their couch or dinner table, often while doing other things)
-Wired youth. Tweens, Teens, and College Kids who don’t want to pull out a computer while hanging out with their friends
- Professionals that don’t have a computer at their disposal, often times laborers such as deliverymen, or policemen
- Digirati, tech bloggers especially. Anyone who likes trying out new products and web services
Note: Anyone who typically works in front of a computer all day will not use mobile search on average.
Green Search is particularly popular for the following products (both general and specific)
- Home and Bath
- Bed Sheets
- Organic Bedding
- Cleaning supplies
- Wind and solar power
- Organic Fashion
- Organic food and wine
- Recycled Handbags
Health Search
Health search is particularly prominent in countries where doctors are not readily available









