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Google gained 75% more searches between December 2004 and December 2005
The top three search engines all experienced double-digit growth YTY in December 2005. Google Search grew 75% to nearly 2.
The top three search engines all experienced double-digit growth YTY in December 2005. Google Search grew 75% to nearly 2.5 bln searches; Yahoo! Search rose 53% to nearly 1.1 bln searches, and MSN Search increased 20% to 553 mln searches.
| Search engine use in December 2005 | |||
| Searches, 000 | Growth | ||
| Search engine | Dec 2004 | Dec 2005 | YTY |
| 1,414,778 | 2,475,895 | 75 | |
| Yahoo! | 711,857 | 1,085,918 | 53 |
| MSN | 460,377 | 553,476 | 20 |
| Source: Nielsen//NetRatings | |||