Ranking15 de mayo, 2015

Comscore Releases April 2015 U.S. Desktop Search Engine Rankings

RESTON, VA, May 15, 2015 – Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a global leader in digital media analytics, today released its monthly Comscore qSearch™ analysis of the U.S. desktop search marketplace. Google Sites led the explicit core search market in April with 64.2 percent of search queries conducted.

U.S. Explicit Core Search
Google Sites led the U.S. explicit core search market in April with 64.2 percent market share, followed by Microsoft Sites with 20.2 percent (up 0.1 percentage points) and Yahoo Sites with 12.7 percent. Ask Network accounted for 1.8 percent of explicit core searches, followed by AOL, Inc. with 1.1 percent.

*Comscore Explicit Core Search Share Report (Desktop Only) April 2015 vs. March 2015 Total U.S. – Desktop Home & Work Locations Source: Comscore qSearch**
Core Search Entity	Explicit Core Search Share (%)
Core Search Entity	Mar-15	Apr-15	Point Change
Total Explicit Core Search	100.0%	100.0%	N/A
Google Sites	64.4%	64.2%	-0.2
Microsoft Sites	20.1%	20.2%	0.1
Yahoo Sites	12.7%	12.7%	0.0
Ask Network	1.8%	1.8%	0.0
AOL, Inc.	1.1%	1.1%	0.0

*“Explicit Core Search” excludes contextually driven searches that do not reflect specific user intent to interact with the search results.

18.4 billion explicit core searches were conducted in April, with Google Sites ranking first with 11.8 billion. Microsoft Sites ranked second with 3.7 billion searches, followed by Yahoo Sites with 2.3 billion, Ask Network with 336 million (up 1 percent) and AOL, Inc. with 197 million.

Comscore Explicit Core Search Query Report (Desktop Only) April 2015 vs. March 2015 Total U.S. – Desktop Home & Work Locations Source: Comscore qSearch
Core Search Entity	Explicit Core Search Queries (MM)
Core Search Entity	Mar-15	Apr-15	Percent Change
Total Explicit Core Search	18,852	18,358	-3%
Google Sites	12,139	11,783	-3%
Microsoft Sites	3,781	3,702	-2%
Yahoo Sites	2,396	2,340	-2%
Ask Network	332	336	1%
AOL, Inc.	203	197	-3%

“Powered By” Reporting
In April, 65.2 percent of searches carried organic search results from Google, while 31.1 percent of searches were powered by Bing (up 0.1 percentage points).

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About Comscore
Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) is a global leader in digital media analytics. Comscore makes audiences and advertising more valuable by providing trusted, independent metrics that help businesses understand how people interact with content and advertising across TV and digital devices, giving a total view of the consumer. Through its products and services, Comscore helps its more than 2,500 clients understand their multi-platform audiences, know if their advertising is working, and access data where they want and need it. Please visit www.comscore.com to learn more.

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