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Software Sales Tracking Trends Software Sales Tracking Trends from Emetrix

Emetrix tracked the origin of referrals that resulted in software sales. Google is a power house when it comes to driving sales.

Based on 26,295 Sales

Company

Percent of Sales

Google Search & Adwords

58%

Specialty Sites

14%

Yahoo

7%

Other Download Sites

6%

MSN

5%

Unclassified

4%

Google Syndication (content network)

2%

CNET

2%

Other Search Engiens

2%

Emetrix Sales Tracking Summary

Software Sales Tracking

Emetrix Sales Tracking Trends

- MSN is increasingly sending traffic that converts.

- Specialty sites increasing, good source for affiliate sales

- Yahoo is decreasing

- General download sites are decreasing in relevance

- Most people find your products through Google

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