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May. 14, 2008 at 12:30pm by Danny Sullivan
Google & Other Search Engines Dominate Traffic Drivers To Wikipedia
When writing about Powerset this week, I covered how its hopes to gain Wikipedia users was complicated by the fact that Wikipedia itself gets so many people from search, rather than direct navigation. New stats (PDF) from Nielsen Online reaffirm this -- four of the five top referring sites to...
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May. 14, 2008 at 12:15pm by Danny Sullivan
Hitwise: Google Again Hits New High; Microsoft & Yahoo Again New Lows
Hitwise released the latest statistics for search engine share in the United States for April 2008. Google has again hit a new high, jumping up 0.65% from the prior month's high, to 68% of the US search market. Microsoft and Yahoo hit all-time lows -- though Yahoo, at least,...
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Apr. 23, 2008 at 12:05pm by Danny Sullivan
Microsoft Dips In Compete's Revised March 08 Search Figures
When I did my Ratings Service Faceoff: Search Share Compared, June 2007 To March 2008 post last week, I noted that Microsoft had an odd increase according to Compete for March 2008. The company now says this was due to Live Search Club traffic that it shouldn't have counted. Microsoft's...
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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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Apr. 21, 2008 at 9:23am by Greg Sterling
Google Named Top Global Brand -- Again
Millward Brown, a unit of mega ad agency WPP, has named Google the world's top brand in its annual "Top 100 Most Powerful Brands" survey (report available here). The Guardian UK also covers the study. Millward Brown calculates the ranking based on corporate earnings, consumer survey data, projected future growth,...
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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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Apr. 15, 2008 at 3:12pm by Danny Sullivan
Compete: Microsoft Gains Share; Google Hits New High In Raw Searches
Having covered Hitwise stats yesterday, today I move on to the latest stats from Compete on search engine share in the United States for March 2008. Unlike Hitwise, they show Google taking a very slight dip last month, with Microsoft getting a slight rise. But while Google's percentage share...
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Mar. 4, 2008 at 8:42am by Barry Schwartz
Google: Not American's Most Admired Company (But Almost)
FORTUNE magazine released its America's Most Admired Companies of 2008 list, and guess what? Google was not rated number one. Hard to believe? Well, they did make number four. Apple took the top position, which doesn't surprise me since everyone I know is buying Macs, even oureditor-in-chief, Danny. Google ranked...
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Feb. 25, 2008 at 8:21am by Barry Schwartz
Survey Says: Google Top Brand In UK
Google takes UK's top brand spot from the BBC reports Google took the BBC's top spot in a Superbrands survey of the top brand in the UK. In fact, Google is the only company established after 1990 that is found within the top 50 brands in this survey. Microsoft secured...
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Jan. 4, 2008 at 1:20pm by Greg Sterling
PC World Picks Ask3D As One Of "The 25 Most Innovative Products Of The Year"
At number 23, Ask3D was named one of PC World's "25 Most Innovative Products of the Year." The site opined that Ask "melds comprehensive search results more coherently than competing universal searches do." Ask saw the largest gains in consumer satisfaction in the annual University of Michigan American Customer Satisfaction...
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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 4:41pm by Danny Sullivan
Compete Nov. 2007 Search Stats: Google Hits High; Microsoft Steady & Yahoo Declining
Nearly done with today's search popularity stats review. Previously, I've covered the latest stats from Nielsen, comScore, and Hitwise. Now it's time for Compete. Like the others, it puts Google tops. Unlike the others, it's far more positive about Microsoft's share and negative about Yahoo....
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Dec. 28, 2007 at 3:56pm by Danny Sullivan
Hitwise Nov. 2007 Search Stats: Google Near All-Time High; Microsoft Hits All-Time Low
With the latest stats from Nielsen and comScore posted earlier today, I continue on with my compilation of the latest search popularity stats, now moving to Hitwise. As with the others, Google is way in the lead for November 2007. But unlike the others, Hitwise has a full year of...
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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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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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Dec. 4, 2007 at 9:02am by Barry Schwartz
Jennifer Lopez Tops Ask.com's Pregnant Stars Of 2007 List
Ask.com is next to release their top ten search list for 2007. Ask.com actually has a category for "Top Celebrity Searches of Pregnant Stars in 2007," where Jennifer Lopez is the most searched for pregnant star in 2007 at Ask.com. Below are the remaining categories for the lists:...
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Dec. 3, 2007 at 9:44am by Barry Schwartz
Saddam Hussein, Britney Spears, Harry Potter, & Recycling In Yahoo 2007 Top Trends
What do Saddam Hussein, Britney Spears, Harry Potter, and recycling all have to do with each other? They all made the Top Trends in Yahoo Search in 2007 list. The top news story search in 2007 was Saddam Hussein; the top environmental search was recycling, the top troubled stars search...
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Nov. 26, 2007 at 7:35am by Chris Silver Smith
Internet Yellow Pages: Worth The Effort?
Here at the end of 2007, it's painfully obvious that the local search advertising market remains highly fragmented. Numerous local search experts attending the recent SMX Local & Mobile Conference reiterated the observation that businesses seeking to target local audiences have a plethora of options, and identifying and selecting...
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Nov. 15, 2007 at 1:19pm by Barry Schwartz
Robots.txt Study Shows Webmasters Favor Google; BotSeer Robots.txt Search Engine Released
The Pennsylvania State University conducted a study that showed webmasters favored Google over other search engines in terms of allowing access to their web sites. An associated BotSeer search engine that allows searching across a collection of robots.txt files was also released....
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Nov. 9, 2007 at 10:18am by Greg Sterling
Power Searchers Driving Most Of The Query Volume At Google, Yahoo, MSN
This Compete blog post argues that most of the search query volume at the major search engines is driven by a relatively small number of search engine users: power searchers. According to Compete, "[T]he top 1% of searchers performs a full 13% of all searches in a given month." Breaking...
