comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly qSearch analysis of activity across competitive search engines. In April 2007, Google Sites captured 49.7 percent of the U.S. search market, gaining 1.4 share points from the previous month. Yahoo! Sites maintained its second place ranking with 26.8 percent of U.S. searches, followed by Microsoft Sites (10.3 percent), Ask Network (5.1 percent) and Time Warner Network (5.0 percent).
Share of Online Searches by Engine
March 2007 - April 2007
Total U.S. Home, Work and University Internet Users
Source : comScore qSearch
|
| |
Mar-07 |
Apr-07 |
Pt Chg vs. Previous Month |
| Total Internet Population |
100.0% |
100.0% |
N/A |
| Google Sites |
48.3% |
49.7% |
1.4 |
| Yahoo! Sites |
27.5% |
26.8% |
-0.7 |
| Microsoft Sites |
10.9% |
10.3% |
-0.6 |
| Ask Network |
5.2% |
5.1% |
-0.1 |
| Time Warner Network |
5.0% |
5.0% |
0.0 |
- Americans conducted 7.3 billion searches online in April, virtually unchanged versus March and up 11 percent versus April 2006.
- Google Sites led the pack with 3.6 billion search queries performed, followed by Yahoo Sites (2.0 billion), Microsoft Sites (757 million), Ask Network (376 million), and Time Warner Network (364 million).
Note: This story has been adapted from a press release issued by comScore.
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