Search Engine Stats

According to Nielsen/Net Ratings, during the month of March 2002, the total number of hours spent by surfers on each search engine was as follows:

Hours

Google: 12,900,000 Hours
Yahoo: 5,400,000 Hours
MSN: 4,900,000 Hours
AOL: 4,300,000 Hours
Ask Jeeves: 2,200,000 Hours
Info Space: 900,000 Hours
Netscape: 700,000 Hours
Dog Pile: 700,000 Hours
Overture: 600,000 Hours
Look Smart: 500,000 Hours
Direct Hit (Teoma): 200,000 Hours

Number of Searches per Day

Google: 150,000,000
Yahoo: 120,000,000
Inktomi: 80,000,000
Alta Vista: 50,000,000
Direct Hit (Teoma): 20,000,000
Lycos: 12,000,000
FAST: 12,000,000
Overture: 6,500,000

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