According to ComScore.com, a market research provider, the share of Internet searches within 1.5 million English speakers worldwide in March 2006 are shown below (in percentage):
- Google: 42.7%
- Yahoo!: 28.0%
- MSN: 13.2%
- AOL: 7.6%
- Ask.com: 5.9%
- Others: 2.6%
Google searches include searches generated at any Google owned website (Google.com, Google Image Search, etc). Yahoo! searches consist of all Yahoo! owned websites such as AltaVista.com, AllTheWeb, and Overture. For example, a search performed at Yahoo Sports also counts towards Yahoo!’s search total. AOL searches include Time Warner owned websites like AOL Search and Netscape Search, though AOL’s search results are powered by Google. Ask.com searches consist of Ask.com and all its network partners such as Excite Network including Excite, MyWay, iWon and My Web Search.
Within the global online search market share in April 06, Google has captured 61%, while Yahoo! has 20%, according to ComScore.com.
In April 06, Ask.com has the biggest increase in paid searches (PPC or Pay Per Click) up 126% year-over-year, though Ask.com has a relatively small user base comparing to both Google and Yahoo!.