August 19, 2008
Google (60.2% search share) and Yahoo! (17.4% search share) were the number one- and number two-ranked online search providers in the U.S. for July, according to Nielsen Online.
AT&T Worldnet Search showed the largest year-over-year growth (+210%) for that time period.
| Provider | Searches (in 000’s) |
Year-Over-Year Growth |
Share of Searches |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Search | 7,996,956 | 3% | 100.0% |
| Google Search | 4,812,974 | 16% | 60.2% |
| Yahoo! Search | 1,393,723 | -11% | 17.4% |
| MSN/Windows Live Search | 951,882 | -10% | 11.9% |
| AOL Search | 369,611 | -9% | 4.6% |
| Ask.com Search | 162,337 | 13% | 2.0% |
| Comcast Search | 45,511 | 22% | 0.6% |
| My Web Search | 43,085 | -38% | 0.5% |
| AT&T Worldnet Search | 33,128 | 210% | 0.4% |
| NexTag Search | 21,218 | 5% | 0.3% |
| Dogpile.com Search | 17,270 | -33% | 0.2% |
| Source: The Nielsen Company (July 1, 2008 – July 31, 2008) | |||
Search providers are ranked by the total number of search queries conducted at the provider.
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