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Search engine market shares in Jan 2006: Google - 41.4%, Yahoo! - 28.7, MSN - 13.7%
comScore Networks reported that in January 2006, Google reinforced its status as market leader of the US search market with a 41.4% share of all searches submitted, up more than 6% versus January 2005.
comScore Networks reported that in January 2006, Google reinforced its status as market leader of the US search market with a 41.4% share of all searches submitted, up more than 6% versus January 2005. Yahoo! Search maintained the #2 spot in the ranking with 28.7% share of all searches, while MSN Search ranked third capturing 13.7% of all online searches.
Internet search market in January 2006 | |||
| Jan 2005 | Jan 2006 | Change, % | |
| Total searches, bln. | 4.95 | 5.48 | 10.7 |
| 35.1 | 41.4 | +6.3 | |
| Yahoo! | 31.8 | 28.7 | -3.1 |
| MSN | 16 | 13.7 | -2.3 |
| AOL | 9.6 | 7.9 | -1.7 |
| Ask | 5.1 | 5.6 | +0.5 |
| Source: comScore Networks | |||