Google strengthens leadership in the search market

Google has further strengthened its position in the US Internet search market. According to recent statistics from Nielsen // NetRatings in June 2006, Google’s share increased to 49.4%. For the first summer month, the company processed 2.67 billion search queries only from US users. The load on Google servers for the year increased by 31%.

Yahoo still holds the second place with a market share of 23%. The leaders in growth rates over the past year are Ask.com (66%) and MyWay (51%) search engines. At the same time, four of the ten largest search sites have deteriorated their position over the past year.

Top 10 US Search Sites June 2006
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1. Google: 2.67 billion search queries (+ 31%); 49.4%;
2. Yahoo !: 1.24 billion (+ 29%); 23%;
3. MSN: 555.6 million (+ 3%); 10.3%;
4. AOL: 371.4 million (+ 3.6%); 6.9%;
5. Ask.com: 125.6 million (+ 66%); 2.3%;
6. MyWay: 118.9 million (+ 51%); 2.2%;
7. Netscape: 25.8 million (-36%); 0.5%;
8. Dogpile.com: 24.9 million (-29%); 0.5%;
9. iWon: 24.8 million (-42%); 0.5%;
10. EarthLink: 24.3 million (-28%); 0.4%.