5.7 billion searches were made in January 2006 and Google had 48.2% share of all the searches. Yahoo and MSN had 22% and 11% of the searches, respectively, according to Nielsen/NetRatings.


5.7 billion searches were made in January 2006 and Google had 48.2% share of all the searches. Yahoo and MSN had 22% and 11% of the searches, respectively, according to Nielsen/NetRatings.

According to Nielsen/NetRatings, “online search conducted across approximately 60 search engines in the U.S. rose 39 percent year-over-year in January 2006 from four billion searches to nearly 5.7 billion, the highest number of online searches to date”. [source]

Nielsen/NetRatings data indicate that 4,085,880 searches were made in January 2005 and 5,699,528 searches were made in January 2006. This is a 39% year-on-year growth.

The increase in growth rate for Google, Yahoo and MSN are:

Google 1.1% increase since January 2005.
Yahoo 0.9% increase.
MSN -1.8% – decline of over 1%

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