Search Tools
Top 10 Search Providers, May 2007
Google topped four billion searches in May 2007, up from 3.8 billion in April. The top U.S. search engine rankings by search share are provided by Nielsen//NetRatings
Google maintained a dominant ranking with 56.3 percent share of searches. Yahoo held at 21.5 percent share, Windows Live rounded the top three with an 8.4 percent share of searches.
Nielsen//NetRatings uses a sampling methodology through its MegaPanel of Internet users.
| Top 10 Search Providers, ranked by Searches, May 2007 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Searches (000) | Share of Total Searches (%) |
| 4,033,277 | 56.3 | |
| Yahoo | 1,540,949 | 21.5 |
| Windows Live | 605,400 | 8.4 |
| AOL | 381,961 | 5.3 |
| Ask.com | 142,418 | 2.0 |
| My Web Search | 61,784 | 0.9 |
| Comcast | 34,908 | 0.5 |
| EarthLink | 33,461 | 0.5 |
| BellSouth | 30,122 | 0.4 |
| Dogpile | 26,295 | 0.4 |
| Other | 275,365 | 3.8 |
| All searches | 7,165,940 | 100 |
| Source: Nielsen//NetRatings, 2007 | ||
