Top U.S. Online Search Providers: August 2008
Google (60% search share) and Yahoo! (18.1% search share) were the number one- and number two-ranked online search providers in the U.S. for August, according to Nielsen Online.
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) | |||
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