Monday, August 21, 2006

JULY U.S. SEARCH SHARE RANKINGS

Nielsen//NetRatings: reports July 2006 data for the Top U.S. Search

Providers.

Top search providers, ranked by total searches. Searches represent the total number of queries

conducted at the provider.

Table 1: Top 10 Search Providers for July 2006,

Ranked by Searches (U.S.)

Provider

Searches

(000)

YOY

Growth

Share of

Searches

1. Google Search 2,775,833 35% 49.2%

2. Yahoo! Search 1,345,991 34% 23.8%

3. MSN Search 542,300 -3% 9.6%

4. AOL Search 355,138 -7.8% 6.3%

5. Ask.com Search 149,370 106% 2.6%

6. My Way Search 128,738 29% 2.3%

7. EarthLink Search 32,148 -5% 0.6%

8. iWon Search 31,185 -21% 0.6%

9. Netscape Search 28,605 -60% 0.5%

10. Dogpile.com Search 24,022 -40% 0.4%

Source: Nielsen//NetRatings MegaView Search, August 2006

Example: An estimated 2.8 billion search queries were conducted at Google Search, representing 49

percent of all search queries conducted during the given time period.

July 2006 data for the Top U.S. Search Publ 20060821