Yahoo v. Google v. MSN

update on relative popularity of top search engines

[potentialgeek]

Google: 49%
Yahoo: 22%
MSN: 11%

"While Microsoft remains the undisputed leader in operating system and browser software, its MSN search engine lags both Google and Yahoo, handling only 11 percent of U.S. searches in March, compared to Yahoo's 22 percent and Google's 49 percent, according to Nielsen//NetRatings."

Source: Elise Ackerman, "Google expresses concerns over Microsoft's Internet Explorer," Mercury News, May 1, 2006.

Google: 35.1%
Yahoo: 31.8%
MSN: 16%

"Google fields 35.1 percent of the searches online, followed by Yahoo at 31.8 percent and MSN at 16 percent, according to ComScore QSearch."

Source: Stefanie Olsen, "MSN vs. Google and Yahoo, Round 3," CNET News.com, Mar. 15, 2005.