March 2009 U.S. Core Search Rankings
15. Apr, 2009 
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comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. In March 2009, Americans conducted 14.3 billion core searches, a 9-percent gain versus February.
March 2009 U.S. Core Search Rankings
Google Sites led the U.S. core search market in March with 63.7 percent of the searches conducted, followed by Yahoo! Sites (20.5 percent), Microsoft Sites (8.3 percent), Ask Network (3.8 percent) and AOL LLC (3.7 percent).
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comScore Core Search Report* |
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Core Search Entity |
Share of Searches (%) |
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Feb-09 |
Mar-09 |
Point Change Mar-09 vs. Feb-09 |
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Total Core Search |
100.0 |
100.0 |
N/A |
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Google Sites |
63.3 |
63.7 |
0.4 |
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Yahoo! Sites |
20.6 |
20.5 |
-0.1 |
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Microsoft Sites |
8.2 |
8.3 |
0.1 |
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Ask Network |
4.1 |
3.8 |
-0.3 |
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AOL LLC |
3.9 |
3.7 |
-0.2 |
* Based on the five major search engines including partner searches and cross-channel searches. Searches for mapping, local directory, and user-generated video sites that are not on the core domain of the five search engines are not included in the core search numbers.
Americans conducted 14.3 billion searches at the core search engines, up 9 percent from February. Google Sites accounted for 9.1 billion core searches, followed by Yahoo! Sites with 2.9 billion and Microsoft Sites with 1.2 billion.
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comScore Core Search Report* |
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Core Search Entity |
Search Queries (MM) |
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Feb-09 |
Mar-09 |
Percent Change Mar-09 vs. Feb-09 |
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Total Core Search |
13,104 |
14,331 |
9% |
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Google Sites |
8,293 |
9,125 |
10% |
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Yahoo! Sites |
2,696 |
2,939 |
9% |
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Microsoft Sites |
1,073 |
1,191 |
11% |
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Ask Network |
536 |
547 |
2% |
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AOL LLC |
507 |
529 |
4% |
* Based on the five major search engines including partner searches and cross-channel searches. Searches for mapping, local directory, and user-generated video sites that are not on the core domain of the five search engines are not included in the core search numbers.
March 2009 U.S. Expanded Search Rankings
In the comScore March 2009 analysis of the top properties where search activity is observed, Google Sites led with 12.4 billion searches, up 10 percent versus February. Yahoo! Sites ranked second with 3.1 billion searches, followed by Microsoft Sites (1.2 billion) and AOL LLC (813 million).
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comScore Expanded Search Query Report |
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Expanded Search Entity |
Search Queries (MM) |
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Feb-09 |
Mar-09 |
Percent Change Mar-09 vs. Feb-09 |
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Total Expanded Search |
19,176 |
21,038 |
10% |
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Google Sites |
11,250 |
12,362 |
10% |
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8,541 |
9,419 |
10% |
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YouTube/All Other |
2,709 |
2,943 |
9% |
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Yahoo! Sites |
2,828 |
3,083 |
9% |
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Yahoo! |
2,804 |
3,058 |
9% |
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All Other |
24 |
25 |
4% |
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Microsoft Sites |
1,109 |
1,235 |
11% |
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MSN-Windows Live |
1,015 |
1,136 |
12% |
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Microsoft/All Other |
94 |
99 |
5% |
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AOL LLC |
761 |
813 |
7% |
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AOL Search Network |
439 |
445 |
1% |
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MapQuest/All Other |
322 |
368 |
14% |
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Ask Network |
678 |
696 |
3% |
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Ask.com |
384 |
382 |
-1% |
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MyWebSearch.com/ All Other |
294 |
314 |
7% |
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Fox Interactive Media |
487 |
581 |
19% |
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479 |
573 |
20% |
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All Other |
8 |
8 |
0% |
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craigslist, inc. |
511 |
559 |
9% |
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eBay |
513 |
545 |
6% |
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Facebook.com |
206 |
246 |
19% |
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Amazon Sites |
170 |
191 |
12% |
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