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A new release from StatMarket has found that web users are more likely to find web sites through direct navigation than a year ago, but this gain hasn't been at the expense of search engine usage.
The search engines are going to remain really vital. People are going to find sites via search engines and then navigate directly to them," said Geoff Johnston, vice president of product marketing for StatMarket
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So, if you get most traffic from sources others than SE's you have likely stagnated. If you then simply allow this, stop any SEOing, and focus more on other means of traffic, you are likely to not last in most cases.
Nothing on the page indicated that links from other sites are likely to bring buyers, more the SE will.
It's really just common sense. When looking to buy something of the www you are very likely to search. So the
intitial contact is made via a SE in a vast majority of cases.