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July 15, 2008
Google Share of Searches Almost 70 Percent
Google grabbed 69.17 percent of all U.S. searches for the four weeks ending June 28, 2008, Hitwise announced today. Yahoo! Search, MSN Search and Ask.com each received 19.62, 5.46 and 4.17 percent respectively. The remaining 42 search engines in the Hitwise Search Engine Analysis Tool accounted for 1.70 percent of U.S. searches.
Note: Data is based on four week rolling periods (ending 5/31/ 2007, 4/26/08, 5/26/2007 from the Hitwise sample of 10 million U.S. Internet users. * - includes executed searches on Live.com and MSN Search but does not include searches on Club.Live.com.
In the U.K. market, Google search properties (Google.co.uk and Google.com) accounted for 87 percent of all UK searches in June 2008 representing a 10 percent increase compared to June 2007. Yahoo! search properties accounted for 4.00 percent of UK searches in June 2008, a 2 percent increase compared to April 2008. MSN search properties accounted for 3.72 percent and Ask search properties accounted for 3.07 percent of searches. MSN increased two percent compared to April 2008 and Ask increased 6 percent.
In the Australia market, Google search accounted for 88 percent of all AU searches in June 2008 representing a 12 percent increase compared to June 2007. MSN search accounted for 7 percent and Yahoo! search accounted for 4.00 percent of AU searches in June 2008.
Posted by Kevin Heisler on July 15, 2008 3:20 PM
Comments
sajjad July 16, 2008 12:00 PM
Interesting, but I think it is safe to say "Google wins" in these markets, and start thinking about huge Indian and Chinese opportunity.
David S. @seemsArtless on Twitter July 16, 2008 1:31 PM
Very interesting.
Actually, in my country, Ukraine, Google also keeps up to 70% searches.
Andrew July 18, 2008 5:17 AM
why doesnt it tell you what the percentages of the pie chart are. You say almost 70% then you say 87 and 88%.
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