B
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48%
48% -- share of consumers beginning product research with search engines for Consumers (2026)
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48%
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Data Vintage
2026
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Think with Google
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https://focusedidea.com/what-is-digital-marketing/ ↗
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What is digital marketing?
What is digital marketing?
What is digital marketing?
From a 30,000 foot view, digital marketing pertains to advertising delivered using digital channels like search engines, websites, social media, email, and mobile apps. Using these online media channels, digital marketing is how companies endorse…
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Consumers: 48% share of consumers beginning product research with search engines. Source: Think with Google (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/consumers-begin-search-engine-product-research
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