SEARCH ENGINE MARKETING

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The Major Search Engines

While there are thousands of online search engines, the 4 most popular - Google, Yahoo, MSN, and AOL - generate over 90% of search-related traffic in the United States. See the table below for the most recent U.S. search engine ratings from comScore Media Metrix. (July 2005)

Search Engine Network	Share of U.S. Search Traffic*	Sample Search Results Page
	36.5%	see Google page diagram
	30.5%	see Yahoo! page diagram
	15.5%	see MSN page diagram
	9.9%	see AOL page diagram

*source: August 2005 Search Engine Watch article. Percentages shown include search engines owned by each site above (e.g., Yahoo! includes traffic from Yahoo-owned Overture, AltaVista and AllTheWeb). Other search engine ratings: Ask.com, 6.1%; Infospace, 0.9%.

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