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    Sarah Chong · · 2 min read

    STATS: How Women Search And Share Product Info Online

    women sharingEver wondered how women search and share product information online?

    Statistic charts from eMarketer and reports from PopSugar and Radar Research will tell you exactly how. Interestingly, they also did a comparison between Gen Y and X women.

    Undoubtedly, Gen Y is more online savvy than X, especially in the social media segment.

    How women find information online

    From the graph below, it seems that online newspapers and magazines are the most popular source of product/brand information. With more people getting information through online news sites, could this spell doom for the newspaper industry?

    Search engines too are pretty much an essential tool when it comes to information digging. Many studies have shown the importance of maintaining visibility in search engines and news. Public relations still works in the digital era!

    How women share information online

    Surprisingly, the phone is still the favorite medium when it comes to information sharing. Email comes in second, something that online retailers might want to take note of. With all the hype surrounding social media, widely adopted mediums such as email are easily forgotten. Including an email forwarding feature on your site would help make sharing among the ladies much easier.

    Social media is not that great, yet

    As the statistics have shown (and with women ruling the social sites), social media has fallen behind in popularity when it comes to product information searching and sharing. Don’t be blinded by the social media hype.

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    Sarah Chong

    Co-founder and editor of Penn Olson. A laid-back marketing student otherwise. Loves social media and twitters about everything! (yes even about the stranger who chants to himself) A huge Harry Potter movie fan who is extremely scared of geckos.