Jan 30
The December 2006 Search Engine Ratings
Nielsen//NetRatings Announces December U.S. Search Share Rankings
NEW YORK, NY — (MARKET WIRE) — January 23, 2007 — Nielsen//NetRatings (NASDAQ: NTRT) reports December 2006 data for the Top U.S. Search Providers.
Top search providers, ranked by total searches. Searches represent the total number of queries conducted at the provider.
Table 1: Top 10 Search Providers for December 2006, Ranked by Searches (U.S.)
| Provider | Searches (000) |
YOY Growth |
Share of Searches |
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| Google Search | 3,035,617 | 22.6% | 50.8% |
| Yahoo! Search | 1,412,904 | 30.1% | 23.6% |
| MSN/Windows Live Search | 499,946 | -9.7% | 8.4% |
| AOL Search | 362,140 | 7.8% | 6.1% |
| My Way Search | 141,527 | 4.7% | 2.4% |
| Ask.com Search | 128,452 | 17.2% | 2.1% |
| EarthLink Search | 31,930 | 17.6% | 0.5% |
| Dogpile.com Search | 30,487 | 2.1% | 0.5% |
| Comcast Search | 26,931 | N/A | 0.5% |
| NexTag Search | 26,835 | 123.2% | 0.4% |
Source: Nielsen//NetRatings MegaView Search, January 2007
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