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What is the abandonment ratio for Google [and optional, Bing] searches? That is to say, when someone performs a search, what is the frequency, % wise, that a user just gives up that search and moves to something else or another search?

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Are you talking about a single search, a chain of searches, a search that results in the answer being found within the search results with no need to click or do another search, etc. – blunders Aug 18 '12 at 22:15
I would have thought that in terms of an "abandoned" search, a search engine could only measure if a search had been performed and no clicks were made on any of the resulting links? – w3d Aug 18 '12 at 23:02
Google and Bing are the only companies who will have this information. There's no way possible for anyone to even estimate this. Now are you talking web, image, news, or some other search. Local, national, international. Way too many variables in your question and you will not find any answer to be accurate. Think about it, who would have access to that information? You're talking about Google and Bing's own search analytics. Doubt it's public. – Anagio Aug 19 '12 at 5:06
There is a way to ascertain this information, but obviously since this issue was closed, there's no reason for me to explain how. It's certainly exceptionally relevant for this demographic, but oh well. How bizarre. – ylluminate Aug 20 '12 at 2:17

closed as off topic by Anagio, John Conde♦ Aug 19 '12 at 17:46

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