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August 2008 U.S. Core Search Rankings
Google Sites led the U.S. core search market in July with 63 percent of the searches conducted, up from 61.9 percent in July, followed by Yahoo! Sites (19.6 percent), Microsoft Sites (8.3 percent), Ask Network (4.8 percent), and AOL LLC (4.3 percent).
comScore Core Search Report* August 2008 vs. July 2008 Total U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations Source: comScore qSearch 2.0 Share of Searches (%) Point Change Aug-08 vs. Core Search Entity Jul-08 Aug-08 Jul-08 Total Core Search 100.0% 100.0% NA Google Sites 61.9% 63.0% 1.1 Yahoo! Sites 20.5% 19.6% -0.9 Microsoft Sites 8.9% 8.3% -0.6 Ask Network 4.5% 4.8% 0.3 AOL LLC 4.2% 4.3% 0.1
* 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 11.7 billion searches at the core search engines, nearly identical to the number of core searches conducted in July. Google Sites handled 7.4 billion core searches (up 2 percent), followed by Yahoo! Sites with 2.3 billion and Microsoft Sites with 977 million.
comScore Core Search Report* August 2008 vs. July 2008 Total U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations Source: comScore qSearch 2.0 Search Queries (MM) Percent Change Aug-08 vs. Core Search Entity Jul-08 Aug-08 Jul-08 Total Core Search 11,753 11,748 0% Google Sites 7,273 7,398 2% Yahoo! Sites 2,405 2,300 -4% Microsoft Sites 1,045 977 -7% Ask Network 531 569 7% AOL LLC 499 504 1%
* 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.
August U.S. Expanded Search Rankings
In the comScore August 2008 analysis of the top properties where search activity is observed, Google Sites led with 10.2 billion searches, a 2-percent increase versus July. Yahoo! Sites ranked second with 2.4 billion searches, followed by Microsoft Sites with 1 billion and AOL LLC with 839 million.
comScore Expanded Search Query Report August 2008 vs. July 2008 Total U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations Source: comScore qSearch 2.0 Search Queries (MM) Percent Change Aug-08 Expanded Search Entity vs. Jul-08 Aug-08 Jul-08 Total Expanded Search 17,158 17,271 1% Google Sites 9,945 10,158 2% Google 7,463 7,594 2% YouTube/All Other 2,482 2,564 3% Yahoo! Sites 2,546 2,427 -5% Yahoo! 2,510 2,393 -5% All Other 36 34 -6% Microsoft Sites 1,090 1,021 -6% MSN-Windows Live 1,058 988 -7% Microsoft/All Other 32 33 3% AOL LLC 814 839 3% AOL Search Network 452 468 4% MapQuest/All Other 362 371 2% Fox Interactive Media 547 593 8% MySpace 539 585 9% All Other 8 8 0% Ask Network 535 572 7% Ask.com 364 357 -2% MyWebSearch.com/ All Other 171 215 26% eBay 435 434 0% Craigslist.org 340 335 -1% Facebook.com 173 186 8% Amazon Sites 166 168 1%
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