comScore Releases May 2008 U.S. Search Engine Rankings
RESTON, Va., June 19, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. In May 2008, Americans conducted 10.8 billion core searches, with Google Sites increasing its market share slightly.
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May 2008 U.S. Core Search Rankings
In May, Google Sites' share of core searches reached 61.8 percent, up from 61.6 percent the previous month. Yahoo! Sites ranked second with a 20.6 percent share (up from 20.4 percent the prior month), followed by Microsoft Sites (8.5 percent), AOL LLC (4.5 percent), and Ask Network (4.5 percent).
comScore Core Search Report*
May 2008 vs. April 2008
Total U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore qSearch 2.0
Share of Searches (%)
Point
Change
May-08
vs.
Core Search Entity Apr-08 May-08 Apr-08
Total Core Search 100.0% 100.0% N/A
Google Sites 61.6% 61.8% 0.2
Yahoo! Sites 20.4% 20.6% 0.2
Microsoft Sites 9.1% 8.5% -0.6
AOL LLC 4.6% 4.5% -0.1
Ask Network 4.3% 4.5% 0.2
* Based on the five major search engines including partner searches and
cross-channel searches. Searches for mapping, local directory, and
user-generated video sites that are not on the core domain of the five
search engines are not included in the core search numbers.
Americans conducted 10.8 billion searches at the core search engines, representing a 2-percent increase versus April. Google Sites handled nearly 6.7 billion core searches, followed by Yahoo! Sites with 2.2 billion, and Microsoft Sites with 920 million.
comScore Core Search Report*
May 2008 vs. April 2008
Total U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore qSearch 2.0
Search Queries (MM)
Percent
Change
May-08
vs.
Core Search Entity Apr-08 May-08 Apr-08
Total Core Search 10,582 10,777 2%
Google Sites 6,514 6,664 2%
Yahoo! Sites 2,159 2,221 3%
Microsoft Sites 961 920 -4%
AOL LLC 491 486 -1%
Ask Network 458 486 6%
* Based on the five major search engines including partner searches and
cross-channel searches. Searches for mapping, local directory, and
user-generated video sites that are not on the core domain of the five
search engines are not included in the core search numbers.
May U.S. Expanded Search Rankings
In comScore's May 2008 analysis of the Top 50 properties where search activity is observed, Google Sites led with 8.8 billion searches. Yahoo! Sites ranked second with 2.4 billion searches, followed by Microsoft Sites (963 million), and AOL LLC (831 million).
comScore Expanded Search Query Report
May 2008 vs. April 2008
Total U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore qSearch 2.0
Search Queries (MM)
Percent
Change
May-08
vs.
Expanded Search Entity Apr-08 May-08 Apr-08
Total Expanded Search 14,988 15,463 3%
Google Sites 8,467 8,838 4%
Google 6,639 6,814 3%
YouTube/All Other 1,828 2,024 11%
Yahoo! Sites 2,323 2,387 3%
Yahoo! 2,290 2,352 3%
All Other 33 35 6%
Microsoft Sites 1,000 963 -4%
MSN-Windows Live 964 932 -3%
Microsoft/All Other 36 31 -14%
AOL LLC 839 831 -1%
AOL Search Network 459 456 -1%
MapQuest/All Other 380 375 -1%
Ask Network 461 489 6%
Ask.com 298 321 8%
MyWebSearch.com/ All Other 163 168 3%
eBay 450 449 0%
Fox Interactive Media 360 402 12%
MySpace 354 395 12%
All Other 6 7 17%
Craigslist.org 273 314 15%
Amazon Sites 137 141 3%
Facebook.com 112 121 8%
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