Paid Placement in Search Engines

In the below poll we didn't make any distinction between AdWords & organic SEO investments. If we did I am not sure how it would have impacted the voting.

Nearly 2 in 3 people dislike money manipulating search results.

Women tend to dislike it slightly more than men.

Older people tend to think money influencing search is manipulative, as do younger people who have not had their idealism beaten out of them by the harshness of the world. However the people in the 25 to 34 range who grew up with the web tend to like paid search far more than other groups do.

response18-24 year-olds (350)  25-34 year-olds (266)  35-44 year-olds (164)  45-54 year-olds (194)  55-64 year-olds (148)  65+ year-olds (80) 

People in the south tend to dislike money influencing search than any other region & people out west are more accepting of it. Perhaps the audience from California is more likely to understand how search impacts the local economy?

answerThe US Midwest (267)  The US Northeast (333)  The US South (355)  The US West (246) 

Rural people dislike money influencing search more than urban people do.

responseUrban areas (620)  Rural areas (109)  Suburban areas (460) 

Income has essentially no impact on the perception of the influence of money in search (though there was insufficient data at the upper end of the income range).

responsePeople earning $0-24K (135)  People earning $25-49K (675)  People earning $50-74K (307)  People earning $75-99K (71)  People earning $100-149K  People earning $150K+ 

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