Welcome to the eCig One e-cigarette industry report for June 2012. In this new monthly feature, we will present an overview of the current state of the e-cigarette industry in terms of Web and search traffic using trusted services such as Compete.com and Google. Listed in this report are the top ten e-cigarette companies by Web traffic, the top ten electronic cigarette-related search keywords and the top domains listed on Google for the most popular keywords. We sampled data from 73 e-cigarette companies in all to compile this report. Future reports will point out the major changes from the previous month and suggest the possible factors contributing to them.
If you represent an e-cigarette company and would like to submit a comment or announcement to be published in next month’s report, feel free to contact us.
E-Cigarette Company Web Traffic Share
V2 Cigs claimed 61.51 percent of all Web traffic among the 73 e-cigarette companies we sampled this month according to estimates provided by Compete.com. Blu came in second with 7.73 percent and Green Smoke received 4.70 percent. All other e-cigarette companies received less than 2 percent of the total traffic. An estimated 1,300,264 people visited all 73 of these websites in May 2012.
E-Cigarette Search Volume
These are the top ten electronic cigarette-related keywords by search volume according to the Google AdWords Keyword Tool, along with the number of exact match searches performed in the past month.
Keyword
- Electronic Cigarette
- E Cigarette
- Electronic Cigarettes
- E Liquid
- E Cig
- E Cigarettes
- Smokeless Cigarettes
- Electronic Cigarette Review
- ECig
Search Volume
- 301,000
- 135,000
- 40,500
- 33,100
- 27,100
- 22,200
- 18,100
- 18,100
- 18,100
E-Cigarette Search Engine Charts
This section of the eCig One e-cigarette industry report lists the top ten domain names displayed on Google’s first results page for the four most popular electronic cigarette-related keywords.
Electronic Cigarette
- wikipedia.org
- v2cigs.com
- blucigs.com
- cocktailnerd.com
- victoryecigs.com
- americancigs.com
- nycesmoke.com
- e-cig.com
- greensmoke.com
- e-cigarette-forum.com
Electronic Cigarettes
- wikipedia.org
- blucigs.com
- victoryecigs.com
- fda.gov
- e-cigarette-forum.com
- greensmoke.com
- americancigs.com
- metroecigs.com
- volcanoecigs.com
- v2cigs.com
E-Cig
- wikipedia.org
- e-cig.com
- e-cigarette-forum.com
- greensmoke.com
- blucigs.com
- puresmoker.com
- wordupecig.com
- totallywicked-eliquid.com
- smokingeverywhere.com
- v2cigs.com
E-Liquid
- e-cig.com
- eliquidplanet.com
- americaneliquidstore.com
- pinkspotvapors.com
- totallywicked-eliquid.com
- halocigs.com
- v2cigs.com
- kingpincigs.com
- johnsoncreeksmokejuice.com
- e-cigarettedirect.com
Companies Included in Report
eCig One sampled traffic data from 73 different e-cigarette companies to create this month’s e-cigarette industry report. Click “Display List” to view the full list and contact us to suggest a company to include in future reports.
Display List
Thanks to Flickr user NS Newsflash for contributing this article’s lead photo.
Jason Artman founded eCig One after switching from smoking to vaping in 2010 and has been a professional writer and SEO consultant since 2007. His work has been featured on television and in leading publications, and it has been referenced in numerous peer-reviewed journals. Jason works with leading vape brands around the world to generate targeted web traffic and increase their revenue.