U.S. Search Engine Rankings and Top 50 Web Rankings, January 2007
Web users started searching early for tax information, vacation booking, new jobs, and places to live in January.
Web users started searching early for tax information, vacation booking, new jobs, and places to live in January.
Web traffic increased in the tax, travel, careers, and real estate categories in January, according to data released by comScore Media Metrix. Google maintained its lead in market share among the top search engines.
QSearch is part of comScore’s Online Search Solutions, which measures 20 of the top search sites, including aol.com, google.com, and yahoo.com, to report metrics for the U.S. Internet population. It also provides worldwide and U.S. work, home, and university breakouts. ComScore releases data collected from its opt-in user panel.
Media Metrix provides panel-based Internet audience measurement of online media usage, visitor demographics, and online buyer power for the home, work, and university audiences.
U.S. Online Searches by Engine, December 2006 and January 2007 (%) | |||
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December 2006 | January 2007 | Change | |
Total Internet population | 100 | 100 | N/A |
47.3 | 47.5 | 0.2 | |
Yahoo | 28.5 | 28.1 | -0.4 |
Microsoft | 10.5 | 10.6 | 0.1 |
Ask.com | 5.4 | 5.2 | -0.2 |
Time Warner | 4.9 | 5.0 | 0.1 |
Source: comScore Networks, 2007 |
Top 10 Properties by Unique Visitors, January 2007 | ||||
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Property | December 2006 (000) | January 2007 (000) | Change (%) | Rank by Unique Visitors |
Total Internet population | 174,199 | 175,559 | 1 | N/A |
IRS | 4,372 | 13,333 | 205 | 208 |
Intuit | 3,969 | 11,464 | 189 | 227 |
ED.gov | 3,790 | 7,105 | 87 | 236 |
Travelocity | 7,600 | 11,799 | 55 | 114 |
CareerBuilder.com | 13,919 | 21,077 | 51 | 55 |
MoveNetwork.com | 5,916 | 8,527 | 44 | 154 |
Classified Ventures | 7,516 | 10,331 | 37 | 116 |
Dominion Enterprises | 5,127 | 6,940 | 35 | 178 |
Belo | 3,598 | 4,814 | 34 | 249 |
CA.gov | 5,128 | 6,849 | 34 | 177 |
Source: comScore, 2007 |
Top 10 Categories by Unique Visitors, January 2007 |
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December 2006 (000) | January 2007 (000) | Change (%) | |
Total internet audience | 174,199 | 175,559 | 1 |
Taxes | 7,505 | 22,420 | 199 |
Hotels/resorts | 25,248 | 32,659 | 29 |
Real estate | 31,226 | 39,845 | 28 |
Training and education | 7,865 | 9,888 | 26 |
Politics | 6,192 | 7,733 | 25 |
Job search | 11,796 | 14,534 | 23 |
Career services and development | 44,715 | 54,131 | 21 |
Gay/lesbian | 1,843 | 2,231 | 21 |
Computer software | 25,260 | 30,216 | 20 |
Online travel agents | 40,699 | 47,841 | 18 |
Source: comScore, 2007 |
Top 50 Properties by Unique Visitors, January 2007 | |||||
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Rank | Property | Unique Visitors (000) | Rank | Property | Unique Visitors (000) |
Total Internet users | 175,559 | ||||
1 | Yahoo! Sites | 129,153 | 26 | Verizon | 22,648 |
2 | Time Warner network | 117,229 | 27 | CBS Corp. | 22,587 |
3 | Microsoft sites | 114,936 | 28 | CareerBuilder.com | 21,077 |
4 | Google sites | 113,434 | 29 | Shopzilla.com sites | 19,801 |
5 | eBay | 80,681 | 30 | Travelport | 19,720 |
6 | Fox Interactive Media | 74,831 | 31 | 18,961 | |
7 | Amazon.com | 50,886 | 32 | Gannett sites | 18,671 |
8 | Ask.com network | 49,103 | 33 | Real.com network | 18,532 |
9 | Wikipedia Sites | 42,880 | 34 | Comcast Corp. | 17,698 |
10 | New York Times Digital | 40,137 | 35 | photobucket Inc. | 17,620 |
11 | Apple Computer Inc. | 38,634 | 36 | E.W. Scripps | 17,579 |
12 | Viacom Digital | 37,303 | 37 | WebMD | 17,076 |
13 | Weather.com | 35,433 | 38 | Idearc Media | 16,884 |
14 | CNET Networks | 30,764 | 39 | WhitePages.com | 16,636 |
15 | AT&T Inc. | 28,627 | 40 | Cox Enterprises Inc. | 16,245 |
16 | Wal-Mart | 27,031 | 41 | ESPN.com | 16,209 |
17 | Adobe | 26,267 | 42 | Yellowpages.com | 16,148 |
18 | Expedia.com | 25,377 | 43 | iVillage.com | 15,529 |
19 | Disney Online | 25,005 | 44 | craigslist | 15,251 |
20 | Monster Worldwide Inc. | 24,976 | 45 | NFL.com | 15,089 |
21 | United Online Inc. | 24,461 | 46 | Best Buy | 15,039 |
22 | Lycos Network | 24,178 | 47 | NBC Universal | 14,959 |
23 | Target Corp. | 24,015 | 48 | UPS sites | 14,787 |
24 | Gorilla Nation Media | 23,708 | 49 | WeatherBug.com | 14,696 |
25 | Bank of America | 23,130 | 50 | JPMorganChase | 14,636 |
Source: comScore, 2007 |
Ad-Focus Ranking by Unique Visitors, January 2007 | ||||||||
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Rank | Property | Unique Visitors (000) | Reach (%) | Rank | Property | Unique Visitors (000) | Reach (%) | |
Total Internet users | 175,559 | 100% | ||||||
1 | Advertising.com** | 148,439 | 85 | 26 | Ask.com network | 49,103 | 28 | |
2 | ValueClick** | 129,665 | 74 | 27 | eBay home page | 45,126 | 26 | |
3 | Yahoo! | 127,460 | 73 | 28 | CPX Interactive** | 43,207 | 25 | |
4 | Tribal Fusion** | 115,944 | 66 | 29 | Vibrant Media** | 41,377 | 24 | |
5 | Casale Media** | 109,865 | 63 | 30 | About.com | 35,050 | 20 | |
6 | AOL Media Network | 108,466 | 62 | 31 | InterClick** | 34,732 | 20 | |
7 | 107,105 | 61 | 32 | YouTube | 30,358 | 17 | ||
8 | Vendare NetBlue – TrafficMarketplace** | 101,076 | 58 | 33 | Business.com network | 26,656 | 15 | |
9 | MSN-Windows Live | 97,449 | 56 | 34 | Weather.com | 25,636 | 15 | |
10 | Blue Lithium** | 94,858 | 54 | 35 | Disney Online | 25,005 | 14 | |
11 | 24/7 Real Media** | 90,469 | 52 | 36 | Lycos Network | 24,026 | 14 | |
12 | AOL | 88,738 | 51 | 37 | Undertone Networks** | 22,286 | 13 | |
13 | DRIVEpm** | 88,157 | 50 | 38 | CareerBuilder Network | 21,954 | 13 | |
14 | Yahoo.com home page | 86,976 | 50 | 39 | IMDb | 21,272 | 12 | |
15 | BurstMedia** | 77,036 | 44 | 40 | CNN | 21,246 | 12 | |
16 | Tremor Media | 75,294 | 43 | 41 | The WebMD Health Network | 20,196 | 12 | |
17 | EuroClick** | 75,134 | 43 | 42 | 18,961 | 11 | ||
18 | eBay.com | 72,817 | 41 | 43 | Expedia.com* | 17,822 | 10 | |
19 | PrecisionClick** | 70,131 | 40 | 44 | SuperPages | 16,884 | 10 | |
20 | AdBrite** | 66,942 | 38 | 45 | photobucket Inc. | 16,772 | 10 | |
21 | MySpace.com | 61,524 | 35 | 46 | WhitePages network | 16,568 | 9 | |
22 | AdDynamix.com** | 59,420 | 34 | 47 | ESPN | 16,209 | 9 | |
23 | Gorilla Nation Media | 58,955 | 34 | 48 | iVillage.com: The Womens Network | 15,529 | 9 | |
24 | ContextWeb** | 52,914 | 30 | 49 | Travelocity (all) | 15,457 | 9 | |
25 | Msn.com home page | 50,112 | 29 | 50 | WhitePages.com | 15,457 | 9 | |
Notes: 1. Reach denotes the percentage of the total Internet population that viewed a particular entity at least once in January. 2) * denotes that the entity has assigned some portion of traffic to other syndicated entities. 3) ** denotes an advertising network. |
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Source: comScore, 2007 |