Online search as economic indicator: We're looking, not buying.

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    • Abstract:
      The article considers Internet searching as an economic indicator of consumer behavior. Relatively weak sales of Internet advertising related to specific Web searches in the second quarter of 2011 are cited as evidence consumers are engaging in less Internet searching related to the purchasing of products or services. It is noted that searches for coupons and discounts offered on the Internet did not decline.