Searches Online up 33% to 6.8 billion; comScore Oct. Search Engine Rankings
Americans
conducted 6.8 billion searches online in October, up 3% from September,
and a strong 33% increase from an year ago. In October 2006, Google Sites
captured 45.4% of the U.S. search market, gaining 0.3 share points from
the previous month. Yahoo! Sites maintained its second place ranking
with 28.2% of U.S. searches, followed by Microsoft Sites (11.7%), Ask
Network (5.8%) and Time Warner Network (5.4%), according
to comScore Networks.
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U.S. Search Engine Rankings - October 2006 |
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| Rank | Search Engine | Search Queries | Share of Online Searches |
| 1 | Google Sites | 3.1 billion | 45.4% |
| 2 | Yahoo! Sites | 1.9 billion | 28.2% |
| 3 | Microsoft Sites | 796 million | 11.7% |
| 4 | Ask Network | 392 million | 5.8% |
| 5 | Time Warner Network | 366 million | 5.4% |
| Source: comScore qSearch, November 2006 | |||
