Facts About Search Engines
169,400,000 people in the United States use the internet.
92% of Internet users worldwide use Search
Engines to find the sites they want.
Search Engine listings are the number one
way
to generate traffic on websites.
Google, Yahoo, and MSN are responsible for 82.3% of all Internet searches.
Latest US Search Share Report:
NEW YORK– February 28, 2007 – Nielsen//NetRatings reports January 2007 data for the Top U.S. Search Providers.
Top search providers, ranked by total searches. Searches represent the total number of queries
conducted at the provider.
Top 10 Search Providers Ranked by Searches (U.S.) |
||
Provider |
Share of Searches |
YOY Growth |
| Google Sites | 53.7% |
40.6% |
| Yahoo! Sites | 22.7% |
28.8% |
| Microsoft Sites | 8.9% |
2.5% |
| Time Warner Network | 5.4% |
5.6% |
| Ask.com | 1.2% |
1.8% |
| My Web Search | 0.9% |
N/A |
| Dogpile | 0.6% |
34.4% |
| EarthLink | 0.5% |
34.1% |
| iComcast Search | 0.4% |
N/A |
| BellSouth Search | 0.4% |
N/A |
Source: Nielsen/NetRatings MegaView Search, February 2007
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