Google is top US search provider in January
An estimated 6.8 billion US search queries were made via Google in January, according to new figures from The Nielsen Company.
Around 66% of all US search queries were carried out on Google during the month, Nielsen said, with Yahoo! Search in second place at 14.5% and MSN/Windows Live/Bing in third with a 10.9% share.
| Rank | Provider | Searches (000) | Share of Searches |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Search | 10,272,099 | 100.00% | |
| 1 | Google Search | 6,805,424 | 66.30% |
| 2 | Yahoo! Search | 1,488,476 | 14.50% |
| 3 | MSN/Windows Live/Bing Search | 1,116,546 | 10.90% |
| 4 | AOL Search | 251,762 | 2.50% |
| 5 | Ask.com Search | 194,161 | 1.90% |
| 6 | My Web Search | 112,356 | 1.10% |
| 7 | Comcast Search | 59,608 | 0.60% |
| 8 | Yellow Pages Search | 35,101 | 0.30% |
| 9 | NexTag Search | 34,736 | 0.30% |
| 10 | BizRate Search | 20,123 | 0.20% |
Source: The Nielsen Company
At the end of January, research from comScore revealed that the US remains the largest search market worldwide.
It said that in December 2009 there were more than 131 billion searches worldwide, a 46% increase year on year. The US was the largest individual search market in the world, with 22.7 billion searches – approximately 17% of global searches.