Category: Top search engines in April 2008

Provider
Searches, 000
Growth
Share
1. Google Search
5,109,444
35.4%
62.0%
2. Yahoo! Search
1,446,410
-3.4%
17.5%
3. Live Search
796,038
30.0%
9.7%
4. AOL Search
352,039
-5.1%
4.3%
5. Ask.com Search
171,545
35.8%
2.1%
6. My Web Search
57,057
-16.0%
0.7%
7. Comcast Search
46,156
31.0%
0.6%
8. AT&T Worldnet Search
28,059
200.9%
0.3%
9. NexTag Search
21,996
25.4%
0.3%
10. My Way Search
16,742
-37.6%
0.2%
Source: Nielsen

Technorati Tags: google, web, yahoo

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The IAB announced that Internet advertising revenues reached $5.8 bln for Q1 2008. The Q1 2008 revenues are an 18.2% increase over Q1 2007, and represent the second highest quarter ever recorded, after Q4 2007 $5.9 bln.

Technorati Tags: internet

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Technorati Tags: health

More than 60% of internet users drawn to online retailers that employ Web 2.0 tools and techniques. 35% of them say they’re most likely to return to a shopping website if it makes recommendations on products or services for sale, according to Guidance and Synovate. 26% want “a unique experience each time” they shop. 18% […]

Fully 41% of those age 18-24, the prime demographic for the social web, say they’re most likely to return to a site that makes recommendations, according to Guidance and Synovate. Only 29% of those 55-64 say so. Women are far more likely to be influenced by a welcome greeting - with 20% saying it’s the […]

Core Search Entity
Feb-08
Mar-08
Growth, MTM
Total Core Search
100.0%
100.0%
0.0
Google Sites
59.2%
59.8%
0.6
Yahoo! Sites
21.6%
21.3%
-0.3
Microsoft Sites
9.6%
9.4%
-0.2
AOL
4.9%
4.8%
-0.1
Ask Network
4.6%
4.7%
0.1
Source: comScore

Fully 41% of those age 18-24, the prime demographic for the social web, say they’re most likely to return to a site that makes recommendations, according to Guidance and Synovate. Only 29% of those 55-64 say so. Women are far more likely to be influenced by a welcome greeting - with 20% saying it’s the […]