comScore Releases September U.S. Search Engine Rankings
RESTON, Va., Oct 18, 2007 /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 search marketplace. Among core search engines in September 2007, Google Sites remained the top search property with more than 5.3 billion core searches conducted, representing a 57 percent share of the search market. Along with Google, both Yahoo! Sites and Ask Network posted share gains during the month.
September U.S. Core Search Rankings
In September, Google Sites maintained its position atop the core search rankings with 57 percent of U.S. searches, gaining a half share point versus the previous month. Yahoo! Sites ranked second with 23.7 percent, followed by Microsoft Sites (10.3 percent), Ask Network (4.7 percent) and Time Warner Network (4.3 percent).
comScore Core Search Report*
September 2007
Total U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore qSearch 2.0
Share of Searches (%)
Point
Change
Core Search Sep-07 vs.
Entity Aug - 07 Sep -07 Aug-07
Total Core Search 100.0% 100.0% 0.0
Google Sites 56.5% 57.0% 0.5
Yahoo! Sites 23.3% 23.7% 0.4
Microsoft Sites 11.3% 10.3% -1.0
Ask Network 4.5% 4.7% 0.2
Time Warner Network 4.5% 4.3% -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.
In September, Americans conducted 9.4 billion searches at the core search engines, marking a 4-percent decline versus August. September tends to be a softer month for search activity due to it being a 30-day month with a long holiday weekend. More than 5.3 billion core searches were conducted at Google Sites during the month, while Yahoo! Sites recorded 2.2 billion.
comScore Core Search Report*
September 2007
Total U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore qSearch 2.0
Search Queries (MM)
Percent
Change
Sep-07 vs.
Core Search Entity Aug-07 Sep-07 Aug-07
Total Core Search 9,820 9,400 -4.3%
Google Sites 5,545 5,356 -3.4%
Yahoo! Sites 2,290 2,227 -2.7%
Microsoft Sites 1,106 969 -12.4%
Ask Network 438 444 1.2%
Time Warner Network 441 405 -8.2%
* 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.
September U.S. Expanded Search Rankings
In the September 2007 analysis of the Top 50 properties worldwide where search activity is observed, Google Sites led the pack with 6.6 billion searches. Yahoo! Sites ranked second with nearly 2.4 billion searches, followed by Microsoft Sites (999 million), Time Warner Network (843 million) and Fox Interactive Media (492 million). Despite the decline in overall search activity in September, Ask.com saw a 10-percent gain versus August.
comScore Expanded Search Query Report
September 2007
Total U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore qSearch 2.0
Search Queries (MM)
Percent
Change
Sep-07 vs.
Expanded Search Entity Aug-07 Sep-07 Aug-07
Total Expanded Search 13,703 13,018 -5.0%
Google Sites 6,809 6,593 -3.2%
Google 5,602 5,388 -3.8%
YouTube/All Other 1,207 1,205 -0.2%
Yahoo! Sites 2,473 2,381 -3.7%
Yahoo! 2,438 2,346 -3.8%
All Other 35 35 0.0%
Microsoft Sites 1,144 999 -12.7%
MSN-Windows Live 1,111 966 -13.1%
Microsoft/All Other 33 33 0.0%
Time Warner Network 937 843 -10.0%
AOL 438 397 -9.4%
Mapquest/All Other 499 446 -10.6%
Fox Interactive Media 571 492 -13.8%
MySpace 560 483 -13.8%
All Other 11 9 -18.2%
eBay 457 445 -2.6%
Ask Network 439 445 1.4%
Ask.com 205 226 10.2%
MyWebSearch.com/ All Other 234 219 -6.4%
CRAIGSLIST.ORG 199 197 -1.0%
Amazon Sites 154 138 -10.4%
Comcast Corporation 73 65 -11.0%
For more information on comScore qSearch 2.0, please visit http://www.comscore.com/contact
About comScore
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