On day 2 of the BIA/Kelsey ILM 2011 conference,  Gillian Heltai, Senior Director at comScore presented a series of interesting data points to attendees:

• Total online searches grew 9% year-over-year to exceed 19.3 billion searches in September 2011
• 2.8 billion of those searches were “local” (a growth of 9% from last year). Local searches growth is decelerating
• IYP (Internet Yellow Pages) searches are down 20% year-over-year
• 1.7 billion click-thrus to directories and regional/local content sites were generated from search in sept 2011
• Top organic search terms by click-through rates: driving directions, white pages, yellow pages, maps, los angeles
• 10% of US display ads are locally targeted
• 3 of every 4 mobile subscribers own a device with GPS capability
• Over one third own a smartphone
• Mobile search usage grew 25% year-over-year with 26% penetration in September 2011
• Search is the top activity of mobile browser users. Social networking is second.
• 88 million mobile subscribers access local content on a mobile device, up 28% from a year ago.
• Nearly 40% of mobile users access local content on their device in September 2011, compared with 75% for smartphone owners
• 16.3 million smartphone owners scanned a QR code, 43% in a retail store, 42% from a product packaging.