Important Search Site

Five of the most important search site are:

1. Google
2. Yahoo!
3. MSN
4. Ask.com
5. Open Directory Project

Majority of other search sites are being fed by some of these search engines.

New York based Nielsen Online, a service provided by The Nielsen Company, reported stats for the top U.S. search engine share rankings for July 2008 on August 19, 2008. According to Nielsen Online, the top 5 U.S. Search Share According for July 2008 are:

Google                    60.2%
Yahoo!                    17.4%
MSN/Windows Live 11.9%
AOL                          4.6%
Ask.com                   2.0%