Comscore Releases June 2009 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

RESTON, VA, July 16, 2009 – 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 June 2009, Americans conducted more than 14 billion core searches, with Google Sites accounting for 65.0 percent search market share. Microsoft Sites grabbed 8.4 percent market share, a 0.4 percentage point gain versus May, after introducing its new search engine, Bing.

June 2009 U.S. Core Search Rankings

Google Sites led the U.S. core search market in June with 65.0 percent of the searches conducted, followed by Yahoo! Sites (19.6 percent), and Microsoft Sites (8.4 percent). Ask Network captured 3.9 percent of the search market, followed by AOL LLC with 3.1 percent.

Comscore Core Search Report
June 2009 vs. May 2009
Total – U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations
Source: Comscore qSearch

Core Search Entity

Share of Searches (%)

May-09

Jun-09

Point Change

Jun-09 vs. May-09

Total Core Search

100.0%

100.0%

N/A

Google Sites

65.0%

65.0%

0.0

Yahoo! Sites

20.1%

19.6%

-0.5

Microsoft Sites

8.0%

8.4%

0.4

Ask Network

3.9%

3.9%

0.0

AOL LLC

3.1%

3.1%

0.0

* 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 billion searches in June, down slightly from May. Google Sites accounted for 9.1 billion searches, followed by Yahoo! Sites (2.8 billion), Microsoft Sites (1.2 billion), Ask Network (552 million) and AOL LLC (439 million).

Comscore Core Search Report*
June 2009 vs. May 2009
Total U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations
Source: Comscore qSearch

Core Search Entity

Search Queries (MM)

May-09

Jun-09

Percent Change Jun-09 vs. May-09

Total Core Search

14,327

14,060

-2%

Google Sites

9,307

9,135

-2%

Yahoo! Sites

2,877

2,755

-4%

Microsoft Sites

1,149

1,179

3%

Ask Network

555

552

0%

AOL LLC

438

439

0%

* 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.

June 2009 U.S. Expanded Search Rankings

In the June 2009 analysis of the top properties where search activity is observed, Google Sites led the search market with 13.1 billion searches, followed by Yahoo! Sites with 2.9 billion. Microsoft Sites ranked third with 1.2 billion searches, up 3 percent from May, followed by AOL LLC with 736 million. Facebook.com experienced the highest growth of the top ten expanded search properties with a 9-percent increase.

Comscore Expanded Search Query Report
June 2009 vs. May 2009
Total U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations
Source: Comscore qSearc

Expanded Search Entity

Search Queries (MM

May-09

Jun-09

Percent Change Jun-09 vs. May-09

Total Expanded Search

21,818

21,899

0%

Google Sites

13,035

13,147

1%

Google

9,680

9,555

-1%

YouTube/All Other

3,355

3,592

7%

Yahoo! Sites

3,021

2,900

-4%

Yahoo!

2,995

2,877

-4%

All Other

26

23

-12%

Microsoft Sites

1,194

1,230

3%

Bing

N/A

1,021

N/A

Microsoft/All Other

N/A

209

N/A

AOL LLC

721

736

2%

AOL Search Network

374

371

-1%

MapQuest/All Other

347

365

5%

eBay

634

677

7%

Fox Interactive Media

644

672

4%

MySpace Sites

636

663

4%

All Other

8

9

13%

Ask Network

691

637

-8%

Ask.com

382

362

-5%

MyWebSearch.com/ All Other

309

275

-11%

craigslist, inc.

651

621

-5%

Facebook.com

184

200

9%

Amazon Sites

185

198

7%

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