comScore Releases June 2009 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

July 16, 2009; 11:20 AM

RESTON, Va., July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. In June 2009, Americans conducted more than 14 billion core searches, with Google Sites accounting for 65.0 percent search market share. Microsoft Sites grabbed 8.4 percent market share, a 0.4 percentage point gain versus May, after introducing its new search engine, Bing.

June 2009 U.S. Core Search Rankings

Google Sites led the U.S. core search market in June with 65.0 percent of the searches conducted, followed by Yahoo! Sites (19.6 percent), and Microsoft Sites (8.4 percent). Ask Network captured 3.9 percent of the search market, followed by AOL LLC with 3.1 percent.

      comScore Core Search Report
      June 2009 vs. May 2009
      Total - U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations
      Source: comScore qSearch
                                                Share of Searches (%)
                                                --------------------
                                                                    Point
                                                                    Change
                                                                  Jun-09 vs.
    Core Search Entity                      May-09      Jun-09     May-09
                                                                 ----------
    Total Core Search                       100.0%       100.0%       N/A
    -----------------                       -----        -----   ----------
    Google Sites                             65.0%        65.0%       0.0
    ------------                             ----         ----        ---
    Yahoo! Sites                             20.1%        19.6%      -0.5
    ------------                             ----         ----       ----
    Microsoft Sites                           8.0%         8.4%       0.4
    ---------------                           ---          ---        ---
    Ask Network                               3.9%         3.9%       0.0
    -----------                               ---          ---        ---
    AOL LLC                                   3.1%         3.1%       0.0
    -------                                   ---          ---        ---

* Based on the five major search engines including partner searches and cross-channel searches. Searches for mapping, local directory, and user-generated video sites that are not on the core domain of the five search engines are not included in the core search numbers.

Americans conducted 14 billion searches in June, down slightly from May. Google Sites accounted for 9.1 billion searches, followed by Yahoo! Sites (2.8 billion), Microsoft Sites (1.2 billion), Ask Network (552 million) and AOL LLC (439 million).

      comScore Core Search Report*
      June 2009 vs. May 2009
      Total U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations
      Source: comScore qSearch
      ------------------------
                                        Search Queries (MM)
                                        ------------------
                                                              Percent
                                                              Change
                                                            Jun-09 vs.
    Core Search Entity       May-09          Jun-09           May-09
    -------------------      ------          ------         ----------
    Total Core Search        14,327          14,060            -2%
    -----------------        ------          ------            --
    Google Sites              9,307           9,135            -2%
    ------------              -----           -----            --
    Yahoo! Sites              2,877           2,755            -4%
    ------------              -----           -----            --
    Microsoft Sites           1,149           1,179             3%
    ---------------           -----           -----             -
    Ask Network                 555             552             0%
    -----------                 ---             ---             -
    AOL LLC                     438             439             0%
    -------                     ---             ---             -

June 2009 U.S. Expanded Search Rankings

In the June 2009 analysis of the top properties where search activity is observed, Google Sites led the search market with 13.1 billion searches, followed by Yahoo! Sites with 2.9 billion. Microsoft Sites ranked third with 1.2 billion searches, up 3 percent from May, followed by AOL LLC with 736 million. Facebook.com experienced the highest growth of the top ten expanded search properties with a 9-percent increase.

      comScore Expanded Search Query Report
      June 2009 vs. May 2009
      Total U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations
      Source: comScore qSearch
      ------------------------
                                         Search Queries (MM)
                                          ------------------
                                                           Percent
                                                           Change
                                                          Jun-09 vs.
    Expanded Search Entity     May-09        Jun-09        May-09
    ----------------------     ------        -------      ---------
    Total Expanded Search      21,818        21,899          0%
    ---------------------      ------        ------          -
    Google Sites               13,035        13,147          1%
    ------------               ------        ------          -
         Google                 9,680         9,555         -1%
         ------                 -----         -----         --
         YouTube/All Other      3,355         3,592          7%
         -----------------      -----         -----          -
    Yahoo! Sites                3,021         2,900         -4%
    ------------                -----         -----         --
         Yahoo!                 2,995         2,877         -4%
         ------                 -----         -----         --
         All Other                 26            23        -12%
         ---------                 --            --        ---
    Microsoft Sites             1,194         1,230          3%
    ---------------             -----         -----          -
         Bing                     N/A         1,021        N/A
         ----                     ---         -----        ---
         Microsoft/All Other      N/A           209        N/A
         -------------------      ---           ---        ---
    AOL LLC                       721           736          2%
    -------                       ---           ---          -
         AOL Search Network       374           371         -1%
         ------------------       ---           ---         --
         MapQuest/All Other       347           365          5%
    --------------------------    ---           ---          -
    eBay                          634           677          7%
    ----                          ---           ---          -
    Fox Interactive Media         644           672          4%
    ---------------------         ---           ---          -
         MySpace Sites            636           663          4%
         -------------            ---           ---          -
         All Other                  8             9         13%
         ---------                  -             -         --
    Ask Network                   691           637         -8%
    -----------                   ---           ---         --
         Ask.com                  382           362         -5%
         -------                  ---           ---         --
         MyWebSearch.com/ All
          Other                   309           275        -11%
    --------------------------    ---           ---        ---
    craigslist, inc.              651           621         -5%
    ----------------              ---           ---         --
    Facebook.com                  184           200          9%
    ------------                  ---           ---          -
    Amazon Sites                  185           198          7%
    ------------                  ---           ---          -

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