16 juillet 2015

Comscore Releases June 2015 U.S. Desktop Search Engine Rankings

RESTON, VA, July 16, 2015 – Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a global leader in digital media analytics, today released its monthly Comscore qSearch™ analysis of the U.S. desktop search marketplace. Google Sites led the explicit core search market in June with 64 percent of search queries conducted.

U.S. Explicit Core Search
Google Sites led the U.S. explicit core search market in June with 64 percent market share, followed by Microsoft Sites with 20.3 percent and Yahoo Sites with 12.7 percent. Ask Network accounted for 1.7 percent of explicit core searches, followed by AOL, Inc. with 1.2 percent.

Comscore Explicit Core Search Share Report* (Desktop Only)
June 2015 vs. May 2015
Total U.S. – Desktop Home & Work Locations
Source: Comscore qSearch

Core Search Entity

Explicit Core Search Share (%)

May-15

Jun-15

Point Change

Total Explicit Core Search

100.0%

100.0%

N/A

Google Sites

64.1%

64.0%

-0.1

Microsoft Sites

20.3%

20.3%

0.0

Yahoo Sites

12.7%

12.7%

0.0

Ask Network

1.8%

1.7%

-0.1

AOL, Inc.

1.2%

1.2%

0.0

*“Explicit Core Search” excludes contextually driven searches that do not reflect specific user intent to interact with the search results.

17.5 billion explicit core searches were conducted in June, with Google Sites ranking first with 11.2 billion. Microsoft Sites ranked second with 3.6 billion searches, followed by Yahoo Sites with 2.2 billion, Ask Network with 301 million and AOL, Inc. with 202 million.

Comscore Explicit Core Search Query Report (Desktop Only)
June 2015 vs. May 2015
Total U.S. – Desktop Home & Work Locations
Source: Comscore qSearch

Core Search Entity

Explicit Core Search Queries (MM)

May-15

Jun-15

Percent Change

Total Explicit Core Search

18,210

17,465

-4%

Google Sites

11,666

11,184

-4%

Microsoft Sites

3,689

3,553

-4%

Yahoo Sites

2,316

2,225

-4%

Ask Network

329

301

-8%

AOL, Inc.

210

202

-4%

“Powered By” Reporting
In June, 65.2 percent of searches carried organic search results from Google, while 31.4 percent of searches were powered by Bing.

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About Comscore
Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) is a global leader in digital media analytics. Comscore makes audiences and advertising more valuable by providing trusted, independent metrics that help businesses understand how people interact with content and advertising across TV and digital devices, giving a total view of the consumer. Through its products and services, Comscore helps its more than 2,500 clients understand their multi-platform audiences, know if their advertising is working, and access data where they want and need it. Please visit www.comscore.com to learn more.