Charlottesville, VA (PRWEB) April 09, 2013
RKG, a leading full-service digital marketing agency, released its Digital Marketing Report covering the first quarter of 2013 today. The report found consumers used tablets and smartphones to conduct 25% of their online searches in Q1, a notable post-holiday uptick from the 20% level RKG observed for the previous quarter.
For the first time, RKG found search traffic for desktop and laptops declined year over year, with clicks down 0.7%. However, as consumers have shifted their searches to tablets and smartphones, total click growth remained robust at 15%.
In order to reach this rapidly growing audience, advertisers have increased their spending on tablet and smartphone search ads by a combined 171% on a year over year basis. Tablet investment was up 162%, while smartphone spending increased 190%. Overall, search spending increased 24% in Q1, with mobile cost-per-click continuing to close the gap with desktops.
Shoppers Using Tablets to Buy, But Not at Same Rates as Computers
Although more consumers are moving toward shopping with tablet devices, tablets generated 15% lower revenue per click than traditional desktops and laptops. Once a high-converting demographic, the value of tablet traffic has fallen as lower-priced Android models have gained traffic share, but generate a revenue per click that is less than half that of the iPad.
Download the full report at:
http://resources.rimmkaufman.com/RKG-Digital-Marketing-Report-Q1-2013.html
The full RKG Digital Marketing Report offers over 40 charts with additional insights and analysis on paid search, search engine optimization (SEO), social media, comparison shopping engines, multi-channel attribution and more. RKG senior leadership is available for interviews and deeper discussions of the data presented.
Among their published first quarter results, RKG found: