What Are The Most Popular Engines?

[vinnybop]

Mainly just getting my feet wet on this/these boards, so here's a stupid 1st question.... What are the 6 or 7 most popular search engines?

[DrCool]

In terms of straight traffic for me:

Google
Yahoo
MSN
AOL
Askjeeves

Some sites get more from some engines.

[IanTurner]

Google
Yahoo
MSN
Ask Jeeves
Altavista

[caine]

Google
MSN
Yahoo
Fast/Lycos
AOL
Altavista
Teoma/Ask Jeeves
Looksmart

[Mohamed_E]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, vinnybop!

You do not give your location in your profile, search engine popularity does have a lot of geographic variation.

In the US there are 2.1 search engines:

Google, which powers Yahoo!, AOL and many others. For me, and many others, it provides 80% of search engine referrals.
Inktomi, which powers MSN and will probably soon power Yahoo!
The 0.1 is Ask Jeeves.

Outside the US I believe that FAST has a substantial presence.

[Macguru]

Welcome to the board vinnybop,

While I agree with most previous posts, mileage can vary according to location and language.

International English :

Google
Yahoo
MSN
Ask Jeeves
AOL
Lycos
Altavista

Local French Canada :

Google
Sympatico
La Toile du Québec
Yahoo
MSN
AOL
Altavista

Local English Canada :

Google
MSN
Yahoo
Sympatico
AOL
Ask
Altavista

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