Top Ten Search Engines - Top 10 SEs
Below is a listing of the top 10 search engines in the United States.
These listings are displayed in ranking order for the top 5 search
engines and alphabetical order for 2nd tier search engines along with
links to their FAQ's and Add/Submit URI pages.
Last modified: 2009-12-21
Content managed by Edward Lewis aka pageoneresults
Search Engine Statistics - What Market Share?
According to 2009 December 19 figures from Hitwise (Top Search Engines by Volume).
Top Search Engines for 2009
| 2009 |
Google |
Yahoo! |
Bing |
Ask |
Total |
| 2009 12 |
72.52% |
14.99% |
8.81% |
2.52% |
98.84% |
| 2009 09 |
70.46% |
16.73% |
9.28% |
2.50% |
98.97% |
| 2009 08 |
70.24% |
16.96% |
9.44% |
2.37% |
99.01% |
| 2009 07 |
72.07% |
17.00% |
7.31% |
2.58% |
98.96% |
| 2009 06 |
74.04% |
16.19% |
4.99% |
3.15% |
98.37% |
| 2009 05 |
73.66% |
15.55% |
5.64% |
3.81% |
98.66% |
| 2009 04 |
72.68% |
16.29% |
5.67% |
3.96% |
98.60% |
| 2009 03 |
72.13% |
16.56% |
5.50% |
4.02% |
98.21% |
| 2009 02 |
72.11% |
17.52% |
5.55% |
3.47% |
98.65% |
2009-07-29 - Microsoft, Yahoo! Change Search Landscape
SUNNYVALE, Calif. and REDMOND, Wash. - 29 July, 2009
- Yahoo! and Microsoft announced an agreement that will improve the Web
search experience for users and advertisers, and deliver sustained
innovation to the industry. In simple terms, Microsoft will now power
Yahoo! search while Yahoo! will become the exclusive worldwide
relationship sales force for both companies' premium search advertisers.
Top Search Engines for 2008
| 2008 |
Google |
Yahoo! |
MSN/Live |
Ask |
| 2008 12 |
72.07% |
17.79% |
4.10% * |
3.15% |
| 2008 11 |
71.97% |
17.70% |
4.10% * |
3.35% |
| 2008 10 |
71.86% |
17.74% |
4.16% * |
3.53% |
| 2008 09 |
71.16% |
18.06% |
4.22% * |
3.63% |
| 2008 08 |
71.01% |
18.26% |
5.32% |
3.45% |
| 2008 07 |
70.07% |
18.65% |
5.36% |
3.53% |
| 2008 06 |
69.17% |
19.62% |
5.46% |
4.17% |
| 2008 05 |
68.29% |
19.95% |
5.89% |
4.23% |
| 2008 04 |
67.90% |
20.28% |
6.26% |
4.17% |
| 2008 03 |
67.25% |
20.29% |
6.65% |
4.09% |
| 2008 02 |
66.44% |
20.59% |
6.95% |
4.16% |
| 2008 01 |
65.98% |
20.94% |
6.90% |
4.21% |
* Does not include Live.com data
Top Search Engines for 2007
| 2007 |
Google |
Yahoo! |
MSN/Live |
Ask |
| 2007 12 |
65.98% |
20.88% |
7.04% |
4.14% |
| 2007 11 |
65.10% |
21.21% |
7.09% |
4.63% |
| 2007 10 |
64.49% |
21.65% |
7.42% |
4.76% |
| 2007 09 |
63.55% |
22.55% |
7.83% |
4.32% |
Top Search Engines for 2006
| 2006 |
Google |
Yahoo! |
MSN/Live |
Ask |
| 2006 10 |
60.94% |
22.34% |
10.72% |
4.34% |
Source: Hitwise Press Releases
Top 5 Search Engines in the United States (The Majors) by Rank
- Google
Free Submit: http://www.google.com/addurl/
- Yahoo! Search
Bing (Previously MSN Live Search)
Free Submit: http://www.bing.com/docs/submit.aspx
Generally
our web crawler, MSNBot, can find most pages on the Internet. However
if your site does not appear on Bing, you can send us the address (URL).
2009-07-29 - Microsoft, Yahoo! Change Search Landscape
- Ask - Powered by Teoma
FAQs: http://static.wc.ask.com/en/docs/about/webmasters.shtml#18
- AOL Search - Powered by Google
Submit: https://adwords.google.com/select/
Alphabetical Listing of 3rd Tier Search Engines
- AltaVista - Powered by Yahoo!
- Fast (AlltheWeb.com) - Powered by Yahoo!
- Gigablast - Real time spidering, really!
Free Submit: http://www.gigablast.com/addurl
- Netscape Search - Powered by Google
Free Submit: http://www.google.com/addurl/
- Snap.com - Portions powered by: Gigablast, Smarter.com, SimplyHired.com, X1 Technologies, Inc. and Enhanced by Ask.com
Submit: http://www.snap.com/
Top 10 search engines information on this page is subject to change without notice.
Edward Lewis aka pageoneresults is the SEO Consultants Directory
Administrator and primary content provider for the directory. Edward is
responsible for contributing to and maintaining the top ten search
engines section.