Top search providers -June 2008
I find some real good search results of last month while searching the web. I am sharing all of those search engine data with our reader.
Top search providers, ranked by total searches. Searches represent the total number of queries conducted at the provider.
Top 10 Search Providers for June 2008, Ranked by Searches (U.S.)
| Provider | Searches (000) | YOY Growth | Share of Searches | |
| All Search | 7,878,483 | 6.3% | 100.0% | |
| 1 | Google Search | 4,650,982 | 19.0% | 59.0% |
| 2 | Yahoo! Search | 1,310,273 | -12.4% | 16.6% |
| 3 | MSN/Windows Live Search | 1,108,976 | 12.5% | 14.1% |
| 4 | AOL Search | 335,436 | -17.0% | 4.3% |
| 5 | Ask.com Search | 159,778 | 4.9% | 2.0% |
| 6 | Comcast Search | 37,577 | 23.3% | 0.5% |
| 7 | My Web Search | 35,630 | -53.6% | 0.5% |
| 8 | MapQuest Search | 23,997 | 57.9% | 0.3% |
| 9 | NexTag Search | 21,744 | 10.4% | 0.3% |
| 10 | AT&T Worldnet Search | 21,222 | 106.5% | 0.3% |
Source: Nielsen Online, MegaView Search
In June, Google Sites retained its lead in the U.S. core search market capturing 61.5 percent of the searches conducted, down slightly from 61.8 percent in May. Google was followed by Yahoo! Sites (20.9 percent, up from 20.6 percent in May), Microsoft Sites (9.2 percent, up from 8.5 percent in May), Ask Network (4.3 percent), and AOL LLC (4.1 percent).
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comScore Core Search Report* |
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Core Search Entity |
Share of Searches (%) |
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May-08 |
June-08 |
Point Change June-08 vs. May-08 |
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Total Core Search |
100.0% |
100.0% |
0.0 |
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Google Sites |
61.8% |
61.5% |
-0.3 |
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Yahoo! Sites |
20.6% |
20.9% |
0.3 |
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Microsoft Sites |
8.5% |
9.2% |
0.7 |
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Ask Network |
4.5% |
4.3% |
-0.2 |
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AOL LLC |
4.5% |
4.1% |
-0.4 |
Based on the five major search engines including partner searches and cross-channel searches. Searches for mapping, local directory, and user-generated video sites that are not on the core domain of the five search engines are not included in the core search numbers.Americans conducted 11.5 billion searches at the core search engines, representing a 7-percent increase versus May. Google Sites handled more than 7 billion core searches (up 6 percent from May), followed by Yahoo! Sites with 2.4 billion (up 9 percent), and Microsoft Sites with more than 1 billion (up 15 percent).
Source : comScore Core Search Report
NEW YORK, NY – July 15, 2008 – Google accounted for 69.17 percent of all U.S. searches in the four weeks ending June 28, 2008, Hitwise announced today. Yahoo! Search, MSN Search and Ask.com each received 19.62, 5.46 and 4.17 percent respectively. The remaining 42 search engines in the Hitwise Search Engine Analysis Tool accounted for 1.70 percent of U.S. searches.
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Percentage of U.S. Searches Among Leading Search Engine Engine Providers
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Domain |
June-08 |
May-08 |
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www.google.com |
69.17% |
68.29% |
63.92% |
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search.yahoo.com |
19.62% |
19.95% |
21.31% |
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search.msn.com |
5.46%* |
5.89%* |
9.85%* |
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www.ask.com |
4.17% |
4.23% |
3.42% |
Note: Data is based on four week rolling periods (ending /28/08, 5/31/ 2008, 6/30/2007 from the Hitwise sample of 10 million U.S. Internet users. * - includes executed searches on Live.com and MSN Search but does not include searches on Club.Live.com.
Source: Hitwise



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