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15%
15% -- paid search share of site traffic for websites (paid search traffic) (2026)
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15%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
BrightEdge
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Tier C
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What Is SEO and How Does It Work?
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BrightEdge
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Secondary citation of BrightEdge research comparing organic vs paid search traffic share; no methodology or date provided in citing article. Data vintage falls back to publication year.
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websites (paid search traffic): 15% paid search share of site traffic. Source: BrightEdge (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/paid-search-share-of-site-traffic
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/paid-search-share-of-site-traffic" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>15%</strong> -- paid search share of site traffic for websites (paid search traffic)<br><small>Source: BrightEdge (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/paid-search-share-of-site-traffic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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