Stats > Stats: comScore
comScore measures the actual browsing activity of more than two million users worldwide. This activity is used to compile search popularity stats and other related data that the company releases. Below, the last search popularity share data that we've charted here on Search Engine Land, according to comScore data. Further below are past articles on stats from the company.
Apr. 21, 2008 at 8:52pm by Danny Sullivan
Ratings Service Faceoff: Search Share Compared, June 2007 To March 2008
I've now compiled the latest search popularity stats from Hitwise, Compete, comScore, and Nielsen Online. That means it's time to put them all together once again, to see what a "panel" of ratings services agree on -- and don't agree on -- in terms of search engine popularity....
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Apr. 21, 2008 at 8:25am by Greg Sterling
comScore Explains What Happened On Paid Click Decline But Great Google Earnings
With two reports about Google's paid clicks being down, comScore helped fuel a perception among financial analysts that Google might under-perform in Q1. However, Google's earnings handily beat estimates and the stock saw a 20 percent gain in a single day on Friday as investors were buoyed by Google's results....
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Apr. 15, 2008 at 6:48pm by Danny Sullivan
comScore: New Google High, New Yahoo & Microsoft Lows, Though Both Rise In Raw Searches
Continuing from previous search stats from Hitwise and Compete, comScore is now out with search engine share in the United States for March 2008. Similar to Hitwise, Google hits a new high while Microsoft and Yahoo hit new lows. But in terms of raw searches, Yahoo and Microsoft showed...
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Mar. 27, 2008 at 7:19pm by Danny Sullivan
Drilling Into Google's Decline In Paid Clicks
More doom and gloom on the paid search side for Google. comScore is once again reporting a drop in sponsored clicks, something that also happened last month. After last month's fallout, comScore did a lot of further analysis shared at the Searchscape panel at our SMX West conference and online...
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Mar. 3, 2008 at 9:17am by Barry Schwartz
comScore Paid Search Data & How The Sky Might Not Be Falling
Last week comScore came out with a report that showed a 7% sequential decline vs. December 2007 in paid search ad clicks. Plus, they showed an 8% drop in the number of clicks per Google searcher from December 2007. The report set shock-waves through Wall Street and caused the stock...
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Dec. 28, 2007 at 5:35pm by Danny Sullivan
Comparing Search Popularity Ratings Services: June To Nov. 2007
I've now compiled the latest search popularity stats from Nielsen, comScore, Hitwise, and Compete. That means it's time to put them all together, to see what a "panel" of ratings services agree on -- and don't agree on -- in terms of search engine popularity....
See Related Stories In: Stats: Compete, Stats: Hitwise, Stats: NetRatings, Stats: Popularity, Stats: comScore
Dec. 28, 2007 at 3:04pm by Danny Sullivan
comScore Nov. 2007: Google Tops Search Share; Yahoo Holds Steady In Number Of Searches
Continuing on from my earlier post about Nielsen Online's latest search popularity stats, I'm now moving to those from comScore. For November 2007 -- as with Nielsen -- it's the same-old, same-old. Google's on top, followed by Yahoo and Microsoft. But in terms of raw searches, while Google still shows...
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Aug. 20, 2007 at 1:00pm by Greg Sterling
comScore Introduces Expanded U.S., Global Search Measurement And Methodology
The analytics firm comScore is expanding its core search metrics product, qSearch, in a number of ways that the company says will make the measurement of search volumes and market share more accurate than it was previously. According to James Lamberti, SVP Search and Media at comScore, the expansion of...
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Aug. 1, 2007 at 6:56am by Greg Sterling
Yahoo's ROBO Study: Search Has Big Impact On Offline Purchases
Earlier this week, Yahoo released the results of a major study of online advertising and consumer retail purchase behavior. Conducted in conjunction with comScore between April, 2006 and January, 2007, the study sought to quantify "the impact of search marketing and display advertising on consumer shopping behavior and the in-store...
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Jul. 16, 2007 at 11:22pm by Danny Sullivan
comScore Also Reports Microsoft Search Share Rise
That rise in Microsoft's search share that Compete reported last week? Now the latest figures from comScore report the same -- that Microsoft's Live Search Club significantly increased traffic to Windows Live Search. First the numbers, which shows the percentage of searches in the United States handled by each major...
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Apr. 25, 2007 at 8:32am by Barry Schwartz
Google Passes Microsoft For Most Visited Site In The World
Google surpasses Microsoft as world's most-visited site from the San Francisco Chronicle reports that Google is now more popular than Microsoft, in terms of worldwide visits. According to comScore, Google had a million visitors more than Microsoft in March 2007. Google had 528 million unique visitors, while Microsoft had 527...
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Mar. 23, 2007 at 2:59pm by Danny Sullivan
comScore: Slight Google Rise, Status Quo With Rest In February 2007
Now having covered the latest search popularity figures from Hitwise and Nielsen//NetRatings, it's time to look at those out from comScore. It's mostly the same old news -- Google up a bit, everyone else holding steady. Here are the figures, which cover the percentage of home, work and university searches...
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Feb. 16, 2007 at 10:24am by Danny Sullivan
Wikipedia Enters Top Ten Most Visited Sites
Impressive. Scanning the latest top web sites rankings from comScore for January 2007 , Wikipedia sites are highlighted for just entering the top ten most visited. OK, technically -- they're in the top ten for having the most unique visitors. In December 2006, Wikipedia sites were ranked 13th of all...
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Jan. 18, 2007 at 9:40am by Greg Sterling
Will Paid Search Conquer The Mobile Internet?
To say there's a lot going on with mobile right now is to state something more than obvious. The carriers, the handset makers and the mobile content providers are in what amounts to a frenzy of competition and business development as they try and position themselves for what they see...
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Jan. 16, 2007 at 11:18am by Danny Sullivan
comScore: Google Wins Again & IE7 Doesn't Stop Microsoft's Slide
It's that time again -- search popular stats for last month are coming out. Actually, Hitwise sent me their figures earlier this month but I'm diving in with the comScore figures that just came out. The main real news is despite the Internet Explorer 7 launch, Microsoft's Live continues to...
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Jan. 15, 2007 at 4:48pm by Danny Sullivan
Looking At Microsoft's Continued Long Game In Search
Hooked on Google from the San Jose Mercury News revisits a theme from Microsoft that I've reported to readers over the years. That's how Microsoft's failure to beat Google in search -- despite millions in spending -- gets the "it's early days, give us time" defense from Microsoft. The...
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Dec. 13, 2006 at 9:36am by Danny Sullivan
MySpace Passes Yahoo In Page Views But Not Audience
I've been waiting for comScore to publicly post figures on November 2006 traffic before pointing to the news of MySpace topping Yahoo in terms of page views. But everyone's getting into it, so I'll pass it along now as well....
