I have been doing a little research and was not able to find much information on “Search Engine Statistics”, how wierd can that be ?
Anyways, on my hunt for the search engine truth and facts, i came accross a couple sites that are quite interesting.
1) U.S. Core Search Rankings, Search Engine Statistics 2009
Google Sites led the U.S. core search market in February with 63.3 percent of the searches conducted, followed by Yahoo! Sites (20.6 percent), Microsoft Sites (8.2 percent), Ask Network (4.1 percent) and AOL LLC (3.9 percent).
| comscore Core Search Report* February 2009 Home/Work/University Locations Source: | |
| Core Search Entity |
Share of Searches (%) |
|
Google Sites |
63.3 |
| Yahoo! Sites | 20.6 |
| Microsoft Sites | 8.2 |
| Ask Network | 4.1 |
| AOL LLC | 3.9 |
* Based on the5 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.
Note: the 5 major search engines are 1) Google, 2) Yahoo, 3) Microsoft, 4) Ask 5) AOL
http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2009/3/US_Search_Engine_Ranking/(language)/eng-US
2) Hitwise, Search Engine Statistics 2008
Google accounted for 68.29 percent of all U.S. searches in the four weeks ending May 31, 2008, Hitwise announced today. Yahoo! Search, MSN Search and Ask.com each received 19.95, 5.89 and 4.23 percent respectively. The remaining 41 search engines in the Hitwise Search Engine Analysis Tool accounted for 1.63 percent of U.S. searches.
| Percentage of U.S. Searches Among Leading Search Engine Providers | |
| Domain | May-08 |
|
google.com |
68.29% |
| yahoo.com | 19.95% |
| msn.com | 5.89% * |
| ask.com | 4.23% |
Note: Data is based on four week rolling periods from the Hitwise sample of 10 million U.S. Internet users.
The 5 major search engines are 1) Google, 2) Yahoo, 3) Msn, 4) Ask
http://www.hitwise.com/press-center/hitwiseHS2004/leader-record-growth.php
3) Neilsen Netratings, Search Engine Statistics 2008
Nielsen Online has released its search engine share rankings for December 2008. Google had a big year-over-year gain with Yahoo, AOL and Ask seeing modest increases as well. Live Search didn’t fare so wel
| Domain | 2008 |
|
Google.com |
62.9% |
| Yahoo.com | 16.8% |
| Msn.com | 9.8% * |
| AOL | 4.1% |
| Ask.com | 2.0% |
The 5 major search engines are 1) Google, 2) Yahoo, 3) Msn, 4) AOL, 5) Ask
http://searchenginewatch.com/3632382
Conclusion for: Search Engine Statistics 2008
The average % for Google usage is 63.3 + 68.9 + 62.9 = 65.13%
Plus if you dont know, now you do; both AOL and Ask belongs to Google Search network which addes another 5-10%, bringing google’s advertising exposure to 70%++ for the year 2008
My forte is find the marketing tool (Google) and be the best at it.
This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 at 6:54 pm and is filed under Search Engine Optimization & Internet Marketing .