Nielsen: Google Tops in Search, Local Growth
According to Nielsen/NetRatings, there were 5.1 billion total search queries in October. Here's how Nielsen recorded search engine market share (U.S.):
- Google — 48 percent
- Yahoo! — 22 percent
- MSN — 11 percent
- AOL — 7 percent
- Ask — 3 percent
Nielsen also said that Local Search queries increased by 19 percent during the same period.