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title: Organic Search Grows At Expense of Paid Traffic
description: Organic Search Grows At Expense of Paid Traffic
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# [Organic Search Grows At Expense of Paid Traffic](https://www.ironpaper.com/current/2009/05/organic-search-grows-at-expense-of-paid-traffic)

 Written by [Ironpaper](https://www.ironpaper.com/current/author/admin) | May 20, 2009 4:39:15 AM

From April through May, paid links represented 7.25% of search engine traffic as opposed to 9.84% from the same time last year for general search category (representing a 26% decline in the share of paid clicks). Organic search traffic ( non-paid searches ) has continued to climb indicating a cut-back in spending.

Source: Hitwise, "Paid Search Traffic Share Down 26%".

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