US Search Engine Usage

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Juls, Aug 23, 2005.

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    US ONLINE SEARCH
    Google: 36.5%
    Yahoo: 30.5%
    Microsoft: 15.5%
    Time Warner (AOL): 9.9%
    Ask Jeeves: 6.1%
    Infospace: 0.9%
    Others: 0.9%
    Source: ComScore
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4172654.stm

    Interesting numbers. These are current as of July 05'.

    Yahoo is definitely catching up as ppl are getting tired of bad results in google.
     
    Juls, Aug 23, 2005 IP
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    swoop Active Member

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    So why are we all so worried about our rank in Google, if it gets only about 1/3 of all SE traffic :confused:
     
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    Juls Well-Known Member

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    ya that is for sure. ;-)
     
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    i think aol search is powered by google so you effectively get about 46% of search engine traffic with a high ranking in google according to those stats
     
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