NEW YORK, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nielsen//NetRatings, a global leader in Internet media and market research, released the top 10 search engine share rankings for July 2005. Google Search continued its lead with 46 percent of all searches, followed by Yahoo! Search at 23 percent, and MSN Search at 13 percent (see Table 1). AOL Search garnered five percent of searches, and My Way Search saw two percent.

    Table 1: Top 10 Search Engines Ranked by Search Share: June-July 2005

    Provider/Vertical                                 June 05        July 05
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     1.  Google Search                                 47.0%          46.2%
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     2.  Yahoo! Search                                 22.3%          22.5%
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     3.  MSN Search                                    12.5%          12.6%
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     4.  AOL Search                                    5.5%           5.4%
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     5.  My Way Search                                 1.8%           2.2%
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     6.  Ask Jeeves Search                             1.8%           1.6%
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     7.  Netscape Search                               0.9%           1.6%
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     8.  Dogpile.com Search                            0.8%           0.9%
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     9.  iWon Search                                   1.0%           0.9%
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     10. EarthLink Search                              0.8%           0.8%
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    Source:  Nielsen//NetRatings MegaView Search, August 2005

The average Web searcher conducted nearly 38 searches during July 2005, a four percent increase from the prior month (see Table 2). Google Search and Yahoo! Search saw heavy usage with 27 and 20 searches per person, respectively, followed by Netscape Search and Dogpile.com Search, which averaged nearly 20 and 15 searches per person, respectively. MSN Search rounded out the top five rankings with 14 searches per person.

Table 2: Top 10 Search Engines Ranked by Searches per Searcher: June-July 2005

 

    Provider/Vertical                                June 05        July 05
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    Total Searches per Searcher                         36.2           37.6
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     1.  Google Search                                  27.1           27.4
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     2.  Yahoo! Search                                  19.1           20.1
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     3.  Netscape Search                                10.5           19.7
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     4.  Dogpile.com Search                             13.5           15.0
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     5.  MSN Search                                     13.4           13.9
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     6.  EarthLink Search                               12.6           13.4
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     7.  My Search Search                                9.5           13.2
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     8.  iWon Search                                    17.8           13.1
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     9.  Webcrawler.com Search                           6.8           12.2
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     10. My Way Search                                  10.7           11.8
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    Source: Nielsen//NetRatings MegaView Search, August 2005