Drive Online Conversion
Optimizing online shopping conversions is key to driving revenue for many marketers. We've published the latest insights around how consumers shop online and the winning ways to drive performance to learn how to make the web work for you.
Studies
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The Role of Video in the Smartphone Purchase Process
39% of smartphone shoppers use videos while researching and shopping. We partnered with Compete to understand the role of video in today's smartphone research process and purchase journey and found that as a direct result of viewing smartphone product ...
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The Role of Video in the Tablet Purchase Process
More than half of all tablet shoppers use videos while researching and shopping. We partnered with Compete to understand the role of video in the tablet research process and purchase journey and found:
- As a direct result of viewing tablet ...
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The Role of Video in the TV Purchase Process
42% of TV shoppers use videos while researching and shopping. We partnered with Compete to understand the role of video in today's TV research process and purchase journey and found:
- Of those that watch TV videos in the research ...
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The Role of Video in the Tech Purchase Process
We partnered with Compete to understand the role of video in today's tech research process and purchase journey. We studied across TV, smartphone, and tablet shoppers and found the following behavior surfaced as a direct result of viewing product ...
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2011 Vehicle Service Path to Purchase
The purpose of this 2011 Google/Compete study is to quantify consumers' use of the online channel for automotive services research and shopping. Today's vehicle service shoppers:
- Typically purchase for routine maintenance or repair prefer to buy in-person when ...
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Excitement Runs High for Black Friday Shopping
Marketers are stoked around the official start of the holiday shopping season - door buster deals and early store openings resulted in a 6.6 percent sales increase over last year. Online outlets scored double-digit increases and Cyber Monday sales total ...
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The Footwear Path to Purchase and How Shoppers Search
Almost 20% of total footwear sales are online. We asked Compete to help us track how footwear shoppers navigate the path to purchase, including how they search and found:
- 43% of shoe shoppers use search throughout purchase process
- There are ...
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Category Insights on the Footwear Shopper
Do marketers have a separate footwear marketing strategy for men vs. women? What about by type of shoe? We gleaned some of these insights out of this year's footwear meta study and share this piece here:
- Men were more ...
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Online Cross-Shopping Behavior for Footwear
Footwear shoppers have a ton of choices these days of where to buy, and with all the online deals, it's a cutthroat environment. Learn about how these shoppers cross-shop to better understand how to beat your competitors at the ...
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2011 Holiday Consumer Intentions
Signs point to positive retail growth for the holidays: October same-store sales were on the rise, traffic to top retail sites have increased 10% vs. 2010, and FedEx anticipates a 12% increase in holiday shipments vs. year ago. We asked ...
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BabyCenter 21st Century Mom 2011 Shopping Rituals Report
Motherhood means big changes. With another 8+ hours of parenting added to her day, how a woman spends her time has changed dramatically. For moms, magazine readership has dropped by 49%. Social and mobile have become her trusted side-kicks. Our ...
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2011 Path to Purchase for Auto Insurance
Google and Compete partnered to understand how shoppers and applicants arrive at an auto insurance policy. Further, we look to quantify the relationship between types of searching activity and subsequent online conversion rates. Here are some topline findings:
- Search is ...
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Videos
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The E-commerce Future
Interview
The E-commerce Future
In an interview, Spencer Spinnell, Director, Emerging Platforms at Google, discusses the future of e-commerce and it's convergence with mobile.
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ShoeDazzle's Success with Google Display
Case Study
ShoeDazzle's Success with Google Display
To date, the Google Display Network has delivered 45% of ShoeDazzle's conversions with Google.
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e-Commerce for Retailers
Interview
e-Commerce for Retailers
Sameer Samat , Director of Product Management at Google, discusses how e-commerce has changed the way users interact with brands and interact with stores.
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The Opportunities with e-Commerce
Interview
The Opportunities with e-Commerce
David Bell of Wharton discusses the important of e-Commerce today. He believes it's everywhere and evolving constantly, and offers possibilities for measurements, metrics, & behavioral understanding at a depth that we have never been able to reach before.
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Esurance Mobile Search Case Study
Case Study
Esurance Mobile Search Case Study
Case study with testimonials from Esurance on click-to-call successful campaign
Infographics
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2011 Ads at a Glance On the Map
2011 Ads at a Glance On the Map
Learn fun facts about the business next door and how they used Google Ads to win in this infographic:
- In Vermont, America's oldest flour company, King Arthur Flour, receives as many as 10 million pages views monthly thanks to ...