Spanish
The three mist important languages in the Internet are English, Chinese (Mandarin) and Spanish, according to Internet World Stats. iEntry has created a search engine for searching websites published in Spanish. It is fittingly called Search Spanish and you will find it useful for the purpose.
Azerbaijan
A new Internet search portal in Azerbaijan called Yumroo.az that will operate in three languages – Azerbaijani, English and Russian - is scheduled to launch in October. It includes search, news and postal functions. Additional services envisage on-line shops, entertainment services and economic analysis. “When all the planned technical work is completed, the number of internet users will reach 20,000 in the first stage,” a source said. For more local search resources, go to the Azerbaijan page.
comScore, Inc. today released its monthly comScore Search Analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. In July 2008, Americans conducted 11.8 billion core searches (up 2 percent versus June) as Google Sites slightly extended its lead in core search market share by 0.4 percentage points.
Google Sites led the U.S. core search market in July with 61.9 percent of the searches conducted, up from 61.5 percent in June, followed by Yahoo! Sites (20.5 percent), Microsoft Sites (8.9 percent), Ask Network (4.5 percent), and AOL LLC (4.2 percent).
comScore Core Search Report*
July 2008 vs. June 2008
Total U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore qSearch 2.0
Share of Searches (%)
Point
Change
Jun-08 vs.
Core Search Entity Jun-08 Jul-08 May-08
Total Core Search 100.0% 100.0% NA
Google Sites 61.5%61.9% 0.4
Yahoo! Sites 20.9%20.5% -0.4
Microsoft Sites 9.2% 8.9% -0.3
Ask Network 4.3% 4.5% 0.2
AOL LLC 4.1% 4.2% 0.1
* Based on the five major search engines including partner searches and
cross-channel searches. Searches for mapping, local directory, and
user-generated video sites that are not on the core domain of the five
search engines are not included in the core search numbers.
Americans conducted 11.8 billion searches at the core search engines,
representing a 2-percent gain versus June. Google Sites handled nearly 7.3
billion core searches (up 2 percent), followed by Yahoo! Sites with 2.4
billion and Microsoft Sites with 1 billion.
comScore Core Search Report*
July 2008 vs. June 2008
Total U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore qSearch 2.0
Search Queries (MM)
Percent
Change
Jun-08 vs.
Core Search Entity Jun-08 Jul-08 May-08
Total Core Search 11,541 11,753 2%
Google Sites 7,0967,273 2%
Yahoo! Sites 2,4162,405 0%
Microsoft Sites 1,0561,045 -1%
Ask Network501 531 6%
AOL LLC471 499 6%
* Based on the five major search engines including partner searches and
cross-channel searches. Searches for mapping, local directory, and
user-generated video sites that are not on the core domain of the five
search engines are not included in the core search numbers.
July U.S. Expanded Search Rankings
In the comScore July 2008 analysis of the top properties where search
activity is observed, Google Sites led with 9.9 billion searches, a 4-percent
increase versus June. Yahoo! Sites ranked second with 2.5 billion searches,
followed by Microsoft Sites with 1.1 billion and AOL LLC with 814 million.
comScore Expanded Search Query Report
July 2008 vs. June 2008
Total U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore qSearch 2.0
Search Queries (MM)
Percent
Change
Jul-08 vs.
Expanded Search Entity Jun-08 Jul-08Jun-08
Total Expanded Search 16,668 17,158 3%
Google Sites 9,6019,945 4%
Google 7,2777,463 3%
YouTube/All Other 2,3242,482 7%
Yahoo! Sites 2,5702,546 -1%
Yahoo! 2,5302,510 -1%
All Other 40 36 -10%
Microsoft Sites 1,1021,090 -1%
MSN-Windows Live 1,0691,058 -1%
Microsoft/All Other 33 32 -3%
AOL LLC792 814 3%
AOL Search Network 430 452 5%
MapQuest/All Other 362 362 0%
Fox Interactive Media 457 547 20%
MySpace 448 539 20%
All Other 98 -11%
Ask Network506 535 6%
Ask.com 341 364 7%
MyWebSearch.com/
All Other 165 171 4%
eBay 444 435 -2%
Craigslist.org 342 340 -1%
Facebook.com 157 173 10%
Amazon Sites 152 166 9%
To request more information on comScore qSearch 2.0, please visit
http://www.comscore.com/contact
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