This survey shows the share of customers in the U.S. and worldwide by if they ever used a search engine to try and find a response to a customer service question as of 2017. During the survey, 72 percent of respondents from the United States stated that they have used a search engine to try and find a response to a customer service question.
Have you ever used a search engine to try and find a response to a customer service question?
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Statistics on Online search market
Benchmark
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Google
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- Basic Statistic Distribution of Google.com traffic 2022, by country
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Other leading search companies
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- Basic Statistic Total global visitor traffic to Bing.com 2021-2022
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Mobile search
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Search advertising
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Search behavior
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- Premium Statistic Most used search engines by brand in the U.S. 2022
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- Premium Statistic Online search query size in the United States 2020, by number of keywords
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- Premium Statistic Usage preferences for voice technology on smartphones for selected tasks U.S. 2021
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Popular searches
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- Premium Statistic Leading Google search topics worldwide 2020
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- Revenue of Sohu in China 2021, by segment
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- U.S. Bing audience distribution 2018, by gender
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Microsoft. (August 1, 2017). Have you ever used a search engine to try and find a response to a customer service question? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 25, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/810420/customer-service-search-engine-usage-to-answer-questions/
Microsoft. "Have you ever used a search engine to try and find a response to a customer service question?." Chart. August 1, 2017. Statista. Accessed March 25, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/810420/customer-service-search-engine-usage-to-answer-questions/
Microsoft. (2017). Have you ever used a search engine to try and find a response to a customer service question?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 25, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/810420/customer-service-search-engine-usage-to-answer-questions/
Microsoft. "Have You Ever Used a Search Engine to Try and Find a Response to a Customer Service Question?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/810420/customer-service-search-engine-usage-to-answer-questions/
Microsoft, Have you ever used a search engine to try and find a response to a customer service question? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/810420/customer-service-search-engine-usage-to-answer-questions/ (last visited March 25, 2023)
Have you ever used a search engine to try and find a response to a customer service question? [Graph], Microsoft, August 1, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/810420/customer-service-search-engine-usage-to-answer-questions/