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TRAFFIC WATCH: SEARCH ENGINE MARKET SHARE
July 2006 comScore Media Matrix Ratings

qSearch, a service of comScore Networks Media Metrix, measures the internet search traffic of the twenty top search sites. qSearch monitors uses proxy metering to monitor the web activities of a worldwide sample of 1.5 million English-speakers, 1 million of which reside in the United States. The sample includes activity from home, work and universities.

SEARCH SHARE

qScore Search Engine Share

NOTES:

Google: All Google-owned websites, including Google Image Search.

Yahoo: All Yahoo-owned websites, including AltaVista, AllTheWeb, Overture. May include searches from Google partners whose search results return Google's domain in the URLs; e.g., Go.com.

MSN: All MSN-operated websites, such as MSN Search.

AOL: All Time Warner-owned websites, AOL Search, Netscape Search.

Ask: Searches from Ask and other sites in Ask-owned Excite Network, including Excite, iWon, MyWay.com, and My Web Search.

Other: Composite of all other search sites.