B
Evidence Grade B
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under review
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71%
71% -- share of commercial buyers starting research with google searches for B2B buyers (2026)
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Value
71%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
Strong, reliable evidence
Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
atriumdigital.com
Primary
Tier C
https://atriumdigital.com/news-media/blog/news/how-to-develop-a-digital-marketing-program-for-a-b2b-… ↗
Source Article
How to Develop a Digital Marketing Program for a B2B Business
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atriumdigital.com
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Methodology
Secondary citation, 'recent studies' unnamed
Methodology documented
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Industrymarketing
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B2B buyers: 71% share of commercial buyers starting research with google searches. Source: atriumdigital.com (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/b2b-research-starts-google-71
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