Google still top search engine but Yahoo gaining claims OneStat.com research

Internet Business News, Jan 28, 2003

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Web analytics company OneStat.com has reported that the Yahoo search engine has gained ground on Google over the past two months.

The company found that Google still had the highest global usage share with 54.7% although in the past two months Yahoo had risen from 20.6% to 22.1%. Conversely, over the past two months Google's usage share has fallen by 0.4%. OneStat.com claims that Yahoo's global usage share has not been as high as it is now since April 2002.

The search engine with the third largest global usage share is MSN Search with 9.5% followed by AOL Search with 3.7% and Terra Lycos with 2.8%. Altavista and Ask Jeeves are in sixth and seventh position respectively with 2.5% and 1.5%.

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