US search market rankings May 2009

By A Bisht

According to ComScore , the top five players in the US search market , with their respective shares in the total searches conducted in May 2009 are as under:

Google_______________________65 percent

Yahoo_______________________ 20.1 percent

Microsoft_____________________8.0 percent

IAC/Interactive's Ask.com _______3.9 percent

Time Warner's AOL ____________3.1 percent


In may 2009, Americans conducted 14.3 billion core searches. Google Sites accounted for 9.3 billion core searches. --------