Nielsen Wire » search providers 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: August 2008 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/top-us-online-search-providers-august-2008/ http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/top-us-online-search-providers-august-2008/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:04:28 +0000 admin http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=1461 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)

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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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.

Read coverage of Nielsen’s findings on CNET, Silicon Alley Insider, and in Mediaweek. 

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