Top U.S. Search Engines December 2009 – Hitwise
Based on data collected from a sample of ten million Internet users in the United States, Hitwise issued a press release on January 14, 2010 indicating that Google tipped the search engines scales with a total of 72.25% U.S. Internet web searchers in December 2009.
Rounding out the top four were Search.Yahoo.com with 14.83%, Bing.com accounting for 8.92% and Ask.com had 2.54%. Sixty-six other search engines tallied 1.48% of the search conducted in the U.S. Hitwise’s search engine statistics are drawn from data collected from on rolling 4-week time interval that ended on November 28, 2009 and January 2, 2010 from a sampling of ten million surfers in the U.S.
The following search engine pie chart depicts the top four U.S. along with their search share percentages the month of December 2009 according to Hitwise.
Search Engine Share Comparisons by Percentages |
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| Search Engine | December 2009 | Month over Month % Change |
Year over Year % Change |
| www.google.com | 72.25% | +0.68% | +0.18% |
| search.yahoo.com | 14.83% | -0.56% | -2.96% |
| www.bing.com | 8.92% | -1.42% | +3.36% |
| www.ask.com | 2.54% | -0.11% | -0.61% |
About Hitwise
Hitwise is an Experian company that specializes in Internet competitive intelligence. Utilizing software and relationships with ISPs throughout the world, Hitwise anonymously captures online behavior of Internet users. The U.S. data collected is based on 10 million Internet users in the U.S.
R & R Web Design LLC is a web design company in Michigan that specializes in custom web design that is integrated with natural search engine optimization. The company provides optimal marketing while providing affordable and professional Web sites for small businesses and organizations.
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