Top search engines in May 2006: Google - 49.1%, Yahoo! - 22.9%, MSN - 10.6%

Nielsen//NetRatings published the list of search engine market shares for May 2006.

Search engine market share in May 2006
Engine	Searches, 000	Growth	Share
Google	2,783,169	34%	49.1%
Yahoo!	1,298,915	42%	22.9%
MSN	600,820	13%	10.6%
AOL	363,431	N/A	6.4%
Ask.com	146,585	67%	2.6%
My Way	129,270	53%	2.3%
iWon	32,257	-25%	0.6%
Dogpile.com	29,416	-1%	0.5%
EarthLink	27,488	-21%	0.5%
SBC Yellow Pages	24,513	127%	0.4%
Source: Nielsen//NetRatings

Published on: July 31, 2006 Department: Search engines

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