Ever wondered about the difference in the methodologies? This explains why there are ranges among the various measurements.
Comscore: http://www.comscore.com/blog/2007/10/the_challenges_of_reconciling.html
Compete: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/10/ten-questions-2.html
Nielsen: http://www.netratings.com/press.jsp?section=pr_faq&nav=7
Hitwise: http://hitwise.com/other/isp-fact-sheet.php |
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COMPETE: Google market share increased to a record 69% of search queries in November on volume gains of 2.5%. That puts market share nearly 10ppts higher with close to 2 billion more queries than the same month last year. Meanwhile MSN/Live held steady, slightly above year ago market share levels. Ask also held steady month-over-month but remained slightly below last November’s market share levels. Yahoo! managed to capture the distinct honor of being the only one of the top players with lower year-over-year query volumes. In fact web search queries on Yahoo! were down 10% from November 2006 despite the huge market gains. The continued losses pushed Yahoo! market share to a record low in November. |
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Here is an overview comparing Google, Yahoo & MSN's performance over a five month period from June to Novemeber
Comparing the data from Compete, Neison, Comscore, Hitwise |
There are more graphs at http://searchengineland.com/071228-173523.php including ones for Yahoo! and Live. |