Google is Top Search Engine in July, MSN Shows Greatest Gains

Updated on Friday, August 19th, 2005 at 10:55 am

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Reston, Virginia - (via THE HOSTING NEWS) - August 19, 2005 - comScore Media Metrix has releasedits monthly qSearch analysis of activity across competitive search engines. InJuly 2005, Google maintained its market share lead in the U.S. search marketwith 36.5 percent of all the searches submitted, followed by Yahoo! at 30.5percent and MSN at 15.5 percent.

Share of Online Search Submissions
Source: comScore qSearch
Total U.S. - July 2005

Google Sites - 36.5%
Yahoo! Sites - 30.5%
MSN-Microsoft Sites - 15.5%
Time Warner Network - 9.9%
Ask Jeeves - 6.1%
InfoSpace Network - 0.9%
All Other - 0.6%

The total volume of online searches conducted in the U.S. increased by 22percent year-over-year in July, reaching more than 4.8 billion. Marketconsolidation continued as the top six search engines - Google, Yahoo!, MSN,Time Warner (AOL), Ask Jeeves, and InfoSpace - accounted for 99.4 percent ofall searches, up from 98.5 percent in July 2004.

MSN-Microsoft saw the highestsearch volume gain among any of the top search engines, rising 30 percent fromJuly 2004, accounting for 744 million domestic searches.

The popularity of search toolbars has leveled off during the course of thepast year, but usage remains high. In July, 11 percent of all domesticsearches were conducted via toolbars, up from 8 percent in July 2004. Yahoo!remains the most popular toolbar, serving as the starting point for 51 percentof all toolbar searches executed in July. Yahoo! toolbars processed more than282 million searches during the month, a 74-percent increase over the previousyear.

comScore Networks has also announced that comScore qSearch services are now used by all of the nation’s top six search engines. These leading firms turn to comScore for unique information and analysis services that help them understand and serve their rapidly growing markets.

Peter Daboll, President and CEO of comScore Media Metrix commented, “We are proud to support leading marketers across all consumer media and industries, now including every major search engine and portal in the United States. This milestone is a reflection of our commitment to deliver quality information, analytical experience, and market insight that no other company can match.”

For more information on comScore qSearch, please e-mail: searchsolutions@comscore.com or call (650) 244-5412.