Nielsen Wire » MSN/Windows Live http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire Consumer Insights, News, Research & Reports Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:19:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Top U.S. Online Search Providers: May 2009 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/top-us-online-search-providers-may-2009/ http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/top-us-online-search-providers-may-2009/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:37:17 +0000 Nielsen Wire http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=12797 Nielsen Online today reported data for the top U.S. search providers, ranked by total searches, the top companies/divisions and web brands in May 2009.  Total searches increased 20 percent over May 2008.

Top 10 Search Providers for May 2009 (U.S.) 

Provider Searches (000) YOY Growth Share of Searches
All Search 9,440,467 20.3% 100.0%
Google Search 5,968,840 28.2% 63.2%
Yahoo! Search 1,625,253 22.3% 17.2%
MSN/Windows Live Search 891,502 -14.6% 9.4%
AOL Search 364,784 13.1% 3.9%
Ask.com Search 205,438 21.9% 2.2%
My Web Search 77,283 44.7% 0.8%
Comcast Search 55,853 33.1% 0.6%
Yellow Pages Search 33,141 n/a* 0.4%
NexTag Search 27,189 29.9% 0.3%
AT&T Worldnet Search 17,719 -32.4% 0.2%
Source: Nielsen MegaView Search

 * A year-over-year comparison is not possible because of a definitional change to Yellow Pages Search.

Google topped the list of top 10 web brands, with a unique audience of 131.2 million.  Yahoo! took second place, with a unique audience of 118.9 million, followed by MSN/Windows Live at 101.5 million. 

 

Average U.S. Internet Usage, Combined Home & Work, May 2009  
Sessions/Visits per Person 59
Domains Visited per Person 104
Web Pages per Person 2,352
Duration of a Web Page Viewed 0:00:56
PC Time per Person 67:39:05
Active Digital Media Universe 168,670,941
Current Digital Media Universe Estimate 230,530,606
Source: Nielsen NetView

Read the full press release here.

]]> http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/top-us-online-search-providers-may-2009/feed/ 1 Top U.S. Online Search Providers: February 2009 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/top-us-online-search-providers-february-2009/ http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/top-us-online-search-providers-february-2009/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:44:16 +0000 Nielsen Wire http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=9006 According to Nielsen Online, approximately 8.5 billion Web searches were conducted during February 2009, a 10% percent jump from January 2008.

Google searches accounted for 63.5 percent of all Web searches with nearly 5.4 billion queries. Yahoo, MSN, AOL and Ask.com continued to round out the top five.

RANK Provider Searches (000) YOY Growth Share of Searches
All Search 8,494,653 10.10% 100.00%
1 Google Search 5,394,190 19.20% 63.50%
2 Yahoo! Search 1,415,354 4.00% 16.70%
3 MSN/Windows Live Search 881,050 2.40% 10.40%
4 AOL Search 320,098 -19.90% 3.80%
5 Ask.com Search 162,226 -16.90% 1.90%
6 My Web Search 55,772 -21.60% 0.70%
7 Comcast Search 42,895 1.30% 0.50%
8 Yellow Pages Search 37,636 N/A* 0.40%
9 AT&T Worldnet Search 17,371 -27.60% 0.20%
10 Dogpile.com Search 15,880 -28.90% 0.20%
Source: Nielsen Online, MegaView Search


* A year-over-year comparison is not possible because of a definitional change to Yellow Pages Search.

]]> http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/top-us-online-search-providers-february-2009/feed/ 0 Web Traffic To Top 10 Online Newspapers Grows 16 Percent In December http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/consumer/web-traffic-to-top-10-online-newspapers-grows-16-percent-in-december/ http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/consumer/web-traffic-to-top-10-online-newspapers-grows-16-percent-in-december/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:23:21 +0000 Nielsen Wire http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=7594 While newspapers across the country face a declining number of subscribers, traffic to the top 10 online newspapers grew 16 percent in December 2008 versus a year ago, according to new research from Nielsen Online.
NYTimes.com continued to be the number one online newspaper, with 18.2 million unique visitors.  USATODAY.com and washingotnpost.com took maintained the number two and three ranks, respectively.

Site Dec-07 (000) Dec-08 (000) % Change
Top 10 Online Newspapers 34,602 40,093 16
NYTimes.com 17,177 18,187 6
USATODAY.com 9,939 11,420 15
washingtonpost.com 8,478 9,470 12
LA Times 4,607 7,963 73
Wall Street Journal Online 5,409 7,235 34
Daily News Online Edition 2,956 5,883 99
Chicago Tribune 3,891 5,235 35
New York Post 2,851 4,557 60
Boston.com 4,364 4,086 -6
SFGate.com/SF Chronicle 2,785 3,503 26
Source: Nielsen Online (January 26, 2009)

“December was an extremely active month in terms of news.  The economic downturn, and its effects on the holidays and coverage of the incoming presidential administration, among other stories, all helped drive this impressive growth,” said Chuck Schilling, research director, agency & media for Nielsen Online.

Nielsen Online also reported data regarding the top 10 parent companies and top 10 web brands for December.  That information and the full release can be viewed here.

]]> http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/consumer/web-traffic-to-top-10-online-newspapers-grows-16-percent-in-december/feed/ 2 Top Web Brands Among U.S. Internet Users: Nov. 2008 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/top-web-brands-among-us-internet-users-nov-2008/ http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/top-web-brands-among-us-internet-users-nov-2008/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:12:02 +0000 admin http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=6001 Google was the top-ranked Web brand in November, drawing more than 127 million unique visitors during the month, Nielsen Online reported Tuesday.  Yahoo! and MSN/Windows Live rounded out the top three, with unique audiences of just over 117 million and 104 million visitors, respectively.

Rank Brand Unique Audience
(in 000s)		 Time Per Person
(hh:mm:ss)
1 Google 127,656 1:23:40
2 Yahoo! 117,656 3:17:36
3 MSN/Windows Live 104,090 2:13:19
4 Microsoft 95,543 0:45:44
5 AOL Media Network 86,308 3:43:45
6 YouTube 81,882 1:01:33
7 Fox Interactive Media 69,838 1:39:31
8 Wikipedia 58,335 0:18:39
9 Amazon 57,682 0:25:33
10 eBay 55,438 1:43:41
Source: The Nielsen Company (November 2008).

View the full press release.

View the top U.S. Web brands for September and October 2008.

]]> http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/top-web-brands-among-us-internet-users-nov-2008/feed/ 0 Tops In 2008: Top Websites, “Downloader” Markets http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/consumer/tops-in-2008-top-websites-downloader-markets/ http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/consumer/tops-in-2008-top-websites-downloader-markets/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:13:32 +0000 admin http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=5793 Nielsen has issued a year-end look at the most popular trends among Americans during 2008, covering everything from the top TV programs to the most popular consumer packaged goods.

Google was the most popular website with U.S. Internet users, drawing the largest audience (120 million unique visitors per month, on average) through October 2008.

As of 2008, the most prolific content downloaders in the U.S. live in California, according to Scarborough Research, a joint partnership with Nielsen and Arbitron. The San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose market had the highest percentage (32%) of adults who had downloaded podcasts, video games, music/other audio clips, movies, videos, or TV programs in the past month.  The San Diego and Austin, Texas markets tied for a close second place (31%).  Nationwide, 24% of adults have downloaded online content in the past month.

Top 10 Websites: U.S.

Rank Brand Average
Monthly Unique Audience
(000)
1 Google 120,498
2 Yahoo! 114,872
3 MSN/Windows Live 98,414
4 Microsoft 95,479
5 AOL Media Network 90,193
6 YouTube 72,623
7 Fox Interactive Media 68,780
8 eBay 54,680
9 Wikipedia 54,505
10 Apple 49,303
Source: The Nielsen Company (January – October, 2008).


Top U.S. Markets For Content Downloaders

Rank Market % Adults
Who Downloaded
Online Content
In Past Month
1 San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose DMA 32%
2 San Diego DMA 31%
3 Austin DMA 31%
4 Washington, D.C. DMA 30%
5 Salt Lake City DMA 29%
6 Syracuse DMA 29%
7 Phoenix DMA 28%
8 Columbus DMA 28%
9 Seattle/Tacoma DMA 28%
10 Norfolk/Portsmouth/Newport News DMA 28%
  National Average 24%
Source: Scarborough Research, Scarborough USA+ Release 1 2008.
“Note: “”Content Downloaders”" are defined as adults who downloaded any of the following online during the past 30 days: podcasts, video games, music/other audio clips, movies, other video, or TV programs.

View the press release.

Relive the greatest hits of 2008 — stay tuned on Nielsen Wire for more Tops In 2008 coverage.

Look ahead to the new year with Nielsen Wire’s 2009 Industry Outlook series.

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Yahoo! and MSN/Windows Live rounded out the top three, with unique audiences of just over 116 million and 102 million visitors, respectively.

Rank Top Web Brands Unique Audience
(in 000s)		 Time Per Person
(hh:mm:ss)
1 Google 122,325 1:23:07
2 Yahoo! 116,078 3:23:29
3 MSN/Windows Live 102,494 2:23:27
4 Microsoft 92,348 0:45:54
5 AOL Media Network 88,028 3:34:41
6 YouTube 77,480 0:53:25
7 Fox Interactive Media 67,182 1:37:12
8 Wikipedia 56,896 0:20:07
9 Apple 49,340 0:58:34
10 eBay 49,213 1:47:26
Source: The Nielsen Company (October 2008).

View the full press release.

View the top U.S. Web brands for September 2008.

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Rank Web Brand Unique Audience
(in 000s)		 Time Per Person
(hh:mm:ss)
1 Google 123,690 1:25:18
2 Yahoo! 117,702 3:22:31
3 MSN/Windows Live 103,953 2:21:25
4 Microsoft 93,558 12:38:39
5 AOL Media Network 93,070 3:33:46
6 YouTube 75,442 1:01:01
7 Fox Interactive Media 70,696 1:54:24
8 eBay 55,842 1:52:01
9 Wikipedia 52,987 0:21:24
10 Apple 48,766 1:10:42
Source: The Nielsen Company (August 1, 2008 – August 31, 2008).
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 (in 000s) UNIQUE VIEWERS
(in 000s) YouTube 4,762,883 76,746 Fox Interactive Media 278,375 16,053 Nickelodeon Kids and Family Network 223,044 6,935 MSN/Windows Live 205,018 12,035 Disney Online 171,249 10,341 Yahoo! 169,259 19,659 ESPN 123,123 5,827 Hulu 107,622 2,632 CNN Digital Network 106,383 8,111 Turner Sports and Entertainment Digital Network 87,441 3,892 Source: Nielsen Online, VideoCensus
Note: Online brands are ranked by video streams; data includes progressive downloads and excludes video advertising.

Read coverage of Nielsen’s findings in Ad Age.

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AT&T Worldnet Search (+203.8%) and Comcast Search (+30.9%) showed the largest year-over-year growth for the time period.

Provider Searches
(in 000’s)		 Year-Over-Year
Growth		 Share
of Searches
All Search Providers 7,222,826 -7.7% 100.0%
Google Search 4,331,153 3.1% 60.0%
Yahoo! Search 1,304,889 -16.5% 18.1%
MSN/Windows Live Search 770,592 -23.8% 10.7%
AOL Search 376,331 -13.5% 5.2%
Ask.com Search 143,231 4.7% 2.0%
Comcast Search 45,438 30.9% 0.6%
My Web Search 38,550 -46.3% 0.5%
AT&T Worldnet Search 30,272 203.8% 0.4%
NexTag Search 17,901 -20.6% 0.2%
Dogpile.com Search 15,418 -27.8% 0.2%
Source: The Nielsen Company (August 1, 2008 - August 31, 2008)

Search providers are ranked by the total number of search queries conducted at the provider.

View the full press release.

Read coverage of Nielsen’s findings in the San Jose Mercury News.

View Nielsen’s ranking of the top online search providers in the U.S. for the previous month.

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