Nielsen Online Announces May U.S. Search Share Rankings

Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:35pm EDT

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  NEW YORK, NY, Jun 19 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
Nielsen Online reports May 2008 data for the Top U.S. Search Providers.

    Top search providers, ranked by total searches. Searches represent the
total number of queries conducted at the provider.


Table 1: Top 10 Search Providers for May 2008, Ranked by Searches (U.S.)

Provider                  Searches (000)  YOY Growth   Share of Searches
-----------------------   -------------   ----------   -----------------
All Search                    7,849,553          9.5%              100.0%
1.  Google Search             4,654,624         15.4%               59.3%
2.  Yahoo! Search             1,328,667        -13.8%               16.9%
3.  MSN/Windows Live Search   1,043,848         72.4%               13.3%
4.  AOL Search                  322,454        -15.6%                4.1%
5.  Ask.com Search              168,568         18.4%                2.1%
6.  My Web Search                53,399        -13.6%                0.7%
7.  Comcast Search               41,968         20.2%                0.5%
8.  AT&T Worldnet Search         26,216        181.6%                0.3%
9.  NexTag Search                20,937         44.4%                0.3%
10. Dogpile.com Search           14,825        -43.6%                0.2%

Source: Nielsen Online, MegaView Search

    
Example: An estimated 4.7 billion search queries were conducted at
Google Search, representing 59 percent of all search queries conducted
during the given time period.

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    About The Nielsen Company:

    The Nielsen Company is a global information and media company with leading
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BuzzMetrics), trade shows and business publications (Billboard, The
Hollywood Reporter, Adweek). The privately held company is active in more
than 100 countries, with headquarters in Haarlem, the Netherlands, and
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    Editor's Note: Please source all data to Nielsen Online.

    

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