# Google searches by AOL users confirm top of the search results matters

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/09/04/google-searches-aol-users-confirm-top-search-results-matters/
- Published: 2006-09-04T12:20:50+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The accidental release of data on some AOL users’ search activity at Google has
confirmed that getting your website to the top of the Google search results pages
matters if you want to attract traffic.**

According to the search logs, the top result on the search pages will generate 42.1%
of all clickthroughs, with the second result attracting 11.9%. Drop down to the 
10th result on that first page of results and you will be attracting just 3% of 
clickthroughs.

There’s a tiny amount of encouragement for those whose charity website does not 
make it onto the first page of Google results for relevant keywords. The next page
of 10 results (11-20) still generate some clickthroughs – 4.37% on average, but 
if your website is listed in positions 41-50 you will probably only be securing 
0.57% of all clickthroughs.

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So the message, not surprisingly, is to ensure your website ranks as high as possible
for relevant keywords on Google and other key search engines. Just appearing on 
the top page isn’t good enough – you need to be in the top two or three to be confident
of attracting a sufficient proportion of the available traffic.

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