Search engine stats continue to show Google raising to new heights

I guess its safe to say competition is officially over between search engines. Google has literally ’stomped over’ as Search Engine Land says, all existing providers. The latest stats as Compete plots out, go something like this:

Google: 71.5%

Yahoo: 13.3%

Microsoft Live: 10.6%

Ask: 3.0%

AOL: 1.2%

Impressive. But we kinda already knew this. So one thing is the share of total searches and another is the actual number of searches that are being executed, and as shown in the graph below, once again, Google continues to crush the rest.

Although these results reflect only up to May, perhaps we should give search engines a chance to catch up, at least Microsoft, who’s working hard at gaining points with its Live Search Cashback, together with Microsoft Live Search Club. We’ll have to wait for the new statistics before we see how these portals have been impacting users- but what is clear is that users are loyal to Google.

On the other hand, efforts such as Google’s implementation of search boxes for sites right underneath their listings could definitely be a way to boost traffic.

Or maybe even the latest from Google, which is that of sympathizing with the gay community by adding a nice, bright rainbow divider between the organic search results and paid search results. Just type in ‘gay’ or ‘homosexual’ and you’ll get your rainbow. Hey! its one way to go about it! I think its pretty cool, plus, makes pages look quite colorful.

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