ClickZ reports on a WebSideStory study that shows that organic search traffic realized a conversion rate of 3.13 percent while paid search traffic realized a conversion rate of 3.4 percent. The study covered 57 million search engine visits from “20 business-to-consumer e-commerce sites during the first eight months of 2006.” ClickZ notes that organic search traffic does tend to have a higher click rate (1.5 times higher than paid search volume).
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