RESTON, VA, May 11, 2010 – 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 April 2010, Americans conducted 15.5 billion core searches, with Google Sites leading the market with 64.4 percent share of core searches conducted.
April 2010 U.S. Core Search Rankings
Google Sites led the U.S. core search market in April with 64.4 percent of the searches conducted, followed by Yahoo! Sites (up 0.8 percentage points to 17.7 percent), and Microsoft Sites (up 0.1 percentage points to 11.8 percent). Both Yahoo! Sites and Microsoft Sites have experienced gains due in part to the introduction of new site navigation experiences that tie content and related search results together within several channels. These features provide search results to users as they navigate through topical content and meet Comscore’s established criteria for counting search queries. Ask Network captured 3.7 percent of the search market, followed by AOL LLC with 2.4 percent.
Comscore Core Search Report*April 2010 vs. March 2010Total U.S. – Home/Work/University LocationsSource: Comscore qSearch
Core Search Entity
Share of Searches (%)
Mar-10
Apr-10
Point Change Apr-10 vs. Mar-10
Total Core Search
100.0%
N/A
Google Sites
65.1%
64.4%
-0.7
Yahoo! Sites
16.9%
17.7%
0.8
Microsoft Sites
11.7%
11.8%
0.1
Ask Network
3.8%
3.7%
-0.1
AOL LLC Network
2.5%
2.4%
* 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.
Americans conducted 15.5 billion searches in April, up slightly from March. Google Sites accounted for 10 billion searches, followed by Yahoo! Sites (2.8 billion), Microsoft Sites (1.8 billion), Ask Network (574 million) and AOL LLC (371 million).
Search Queries (MM)
Percent Change Apr-10 vs. Mar-10
15,427
15,532
1%
10,048
10,006
0%
2,605
2,752
6%
1,802
1,829
593
574
-3%
AOL LLC
380
371
-2%
April 2010 U.S. Expanded Search Rankings
In the April analysis of the top properties where search activity is observed, Google Sites led the search market with 14.0 billion search queries, followed by Yahoo! Sites with 2.8 billion queries and Microsoft Sites with 1.9 billion. Amazon Sites experienced sizeable growth during the month with an 8-percent increase to 245 million searches, rounding off the top 10 ranking.
Comscore Expanded Search Query ReportApril 2010 vs. March 2010Total U.S. – Home/Work/University LocationsSource: Comscore qSearch
Expanded Search Entity
Total Internet
23,866
23,658
-1%
14,252
13,996
Google
10,547
10,556
YouTube/All Other
3,705
3,440
-7%
2,689
2,839
Yahoo!
2,676
2,827
All Other
13
12
-8%
1,862
1,883
Bing
1,604
1,575
Microsoft/All Other
258
308
19%
742
719
ASK.COM
332
327
MyWebSearch.com/ All Other
410
392
-4%
craigslist, inc.
664
685
3%
eBay
659
641
Facebook.com
647
624
594
604
2%
AOL Search Network
319
302
-5%
MapQuest/All Other
275
10%
Fox Interactive Media
406
312
-23%
MySpace
402
309
4
3
-25%
Amazon Sites
226
245
8%
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