Stats > Stats: NetRatings
Nielsen Online, the former Nielsen NetRatings, measures the search activity of around 500,000 people worldwide, through real-time meters installed on their computers. This 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 Nielsen 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 8:47pm by Danny Sullivan
Nielsen: Google Continues High But Others Rise In Share
Continuing from previous search stats from Hitwise, Compete, and comScore, Nielsen Online is now out (PDF file) with search engine share figures in the United States for March 2008. Similar to Hitwise and comScore, Google remains at a high but unlike some of the others, Microsoft and Yahoo come...
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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....
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Dec. 28, 2007 at 9:23am by Danny Sullivan
Nielsen Online: Nov. 2007 Search Stats See Google On Top
It's search popularity stats time, now that the figures are in from all the major ratings services. I'm starting off with those from Nielsen Online, the former Nielsen NetRatings. For November 2007, they show the usual picture -- Google leading the pack, followed by Yahoo and Microsoft....
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Sep. 21, 2007 at 10:56am by Danny Sullivan
Nielsen NetRatings: August 2007 Search Share Puts Google On Top, Microsoft Holding Gains
Continuing on with this month's search popularity stats review, I'm turning now to those from Nielsen NetRatings, after having looked at Hitwise stats yesterday. Like yesterday's stats, those from NetRatings are from August 2007. They show Google on top, Yahoo fairly steady and Microsoft largely holding on to gains made...
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Aug. 30, 2007 at 11:35am by Greg Sterling
Nielsen Finds High Audience Retention And Overlap For Search Engines
Nielsen//NetRatings found that in June and July of this year the major search engines enjoyed high user retention but also high audience overlap, suggesting that audiences are actively using two and three engines. Search engines saw the highest user retention of the three categories that Nielsen compared and examined (search,...
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Aug. 14, 2007 at 10:33am by Greg Sterling
Report: More Time Spent With Content, Mild Increase In Search
According to the Nielsen-measured, Online Publishers Association-sponsored Internet Activity Index, Internet users are spending more time with content sites, less time with "communications" and marginally more time with search. According to OPA president Pam Horan's prepared statement, "The index indicates that, over the last four years, the primary role of...
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Mar. 23, 2007 at 2:10pm by Danny Sullivan
NetRatings: Google Spike, Live.com Rise In February 2007
Earlier I wrote of the latest search popularity stats out from Hitwise and said those from other companies would be coming. Next up, Nielsen//NetRatings. The most recent figures out (PDF format) for February 2007 from NetRatings show a significant Google gain at Yahoo's expense. Live.com also shows a notable gain....
