comScore August Search Engine Rankings; 6.5 Billion Searches
In
August 2006, Google Sites regained some ground from the 1.0 share point
decline it suffered in July, gaining 0.4 share points to capture 44.1
percent of the U.S. search market, according to comScore
Networks monthly
qSearch analysis of activity across
competitive search engines. Yahoo! Sites maintained
its second place ranking with 28.7 percent of U.S. searches.
Americans conducted 6.5 billion searches online in August, up 3 percent versus July. Annual growth rates in search query volume remained strong with a 28-percent increase since August 2005.
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Google Sites led the pack with 2.9 billion search queries performed, followed by Yahoo Sites (1.9 billion), MSN-Microsoft (812 million), Time-Warner Network (360 million), and Ask Jeeves/Ask Network (358 million).
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Google and Yahoo! continued their dominance in toolbar searches, combining for more than 95 percent of the market share in August. Google grabbed 49.6 percent of toolbar searches, while Yahoo! captured 47.3 percent.
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Share of Online Searches by Engine
August 2006 vs. August 2005 |
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Aug-05 |
Jul-06 |
Aug-06 |
Pt Chg vs. Yr Ago |
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Google Sites |
37.3 |
43.7 |
44.1 |
6.8 |
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Yahoo! Sites |
29.7 |
28.8 |
28.7 |
-1.0 |
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MSN-Microsoft Sites |
15.8 |
12.8 |
12.5 |
-3.3 |
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Time Warner Network |
9.6 |
5.9 |
5.6 |
-4.0 |
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Ask Network |
6.0 |
5.4 |
5.5 |
-0.5 |
