Many internet marketers rely on search engines for the majority of their websites traffic. However, many simply optimize for Google and ignore the other search engines. In some aspects, this allows for easier ranking in the lesser search engines.
In the United States there are five main players in terms of search traffic:
- Yahoo
- MSN/Live
- AOL
- Ask
Below is a listing of the top 10 search engines used throughout the world.
- Google Sites
- Yahoo! Sites
- Baidu.com Inc. (Chinese search engine)
- Microsoft Sites
- NHN Corporation (South Korean internet portal)
- eBay
- Time Warner Network/AOL
- Ask Network
- Fox Interactive Media (AskMen/IGN/MySpace/Rotten Tomatoes/etc.)
- Lycos, Inc. (Top 5 Internet portal)
Top Indian search engine: guruji
Total searches:
Total Internet – By Region Unique Searchers (000) Searches (MM) Searches Per Searcher
Worldwide 754,459 - 61,036 - 80.9
- Asia-Pacific 257,952 - 20,295 - 78.7
- Europe 209,678 - 17,846 - 85.1
- North America 206,278 - 15,976 - 77.4
- Latin America 49,995 - 4,784 - 95.7
- Middle East/Africa 30,556 - 2,134 - 69.8
Written: Sep 10, 2008
Tags: lists, search engines, seo, top 10
Work At Home Mom Tara
September 10, 2008 @ 12:46 pm
eBay is considered a search engine?
Gary R. Hess
September 10, 2008 @ 12:49 pm
The list includes searches made on site-only search engines. So to answer your question, yes, eBay does have a search engine.