comScore Press Release
RESTON, VA, September 16, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. Google Sites led the explicit core search market in August with 65.4 percent of searches conducted.
U.S. Explicit Core Search
Google Sites led the U.S. explicit core search market in August with 65.4 percent market share, followed by Yahoo! Sites with 17.4 percent (up 0.3 percentage points) and Microsoft sites with 11.1 percent (up 0.1 percentage points). Ask Network captured 3.8 percent of explicit core searches, followed by AOL LLC with 2.3 percent.
| comScore Explicit Core Search Share Report* August 2010 vs. July 2010 Total U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations Source: comScore qSearch |
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| Core Search Entity | Explicit Core Search Share (%) | ||
| Jul-10 | Aug-10 | Point Change | |
| Total Explicit Core Search | 100.0% | 100.0% | N/A |
| Google Sites | 65.8% | 65.4% | -0.4 |
| Yahoo! Sites | 17.1% | 17.4% | 0.3 |
| Microsoft Sites | 11.0% | 11.1% | 0.1 |
| Ask Network | 3.8% | 3.8% | 0.0 |
| AOL LLC Network | 2.3% | 2.3% | 0.0 |
*“Explicit Core Search” excludes contextually driven searches that do not
reflect specific user intent to interact with the search results.
