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Hitwise Search Percentages For January 2009
By: Manoj Jasra 2009-01-13 Hitwise announced today that Google accounted for 72.07 percent of all U.S. searches conducted in the four weeks ending Dec. 27, 2008. Yahoo! Search, MSN Search and Ask.com received 17.79 percent, 5.56 percent and 3.15 percent, respectively. The remaining 44 search engines in the Hitwise Search Engine Analysis Tool accounted for 1.42 percent of U.S. searches. Both MSN Search and Yahoo! Search saw increases of 2 percent and 1 percent, respectively, in December 2008 compared with November 2008. MSN Search has increased five months in a row now. For 2008 overall, Google accounted for 69.48 percent of all U.S searches, representing an 8 percent increase over 2007. Ask.com increased 1 percent in 2008 compared with 2007.
Comments About the Author: Manoj Jasra is a well respected search marketing veteran having been in the industry since 2002. Manoj currently serves as a Sr. Analyst on the web solutions team at Shaw Communications Inc. Manoj's role primarily consists of providing SEO/PPC and Web Analytics strategies in addition to business insight on Shaw's web properties. Previously, Manoj held the role of Director of Technology at Enquiro Search Solutions where he oversaw Enquiro's product development for search marketing solutions and acted as the lead on both SEO Training and Enquiro's Web Analytics approach. Check out Manoj's well read blog, Web Analytics World, which focuses on his insight in Search Marketing, Mobile, Technology and of course, Web Analytics. You can contact Manoj at manoj.jasra@gmail.com |
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