Too many search engine sites, too little time
According to a very dated survey from a Nielsen/NetRatings study (circa 2005) - there are approx 4.5 billion Internet searches a day. Of this number, the break down of most popular search sites happens something like this:
Google 46.2%
Yahoo.com 22.5%
MSN.com 12.6%
AOL.com 5.4%
My Way 2.2%
ASK (askjeeves) 1.6% (but with their recent advertising campaigns..I hope they have more market share than this)
Netscape.com 1.6%
iWon .9%
Earthlink .8%
DogPile .9%
Others 5.3%
The funny thing is, the only sites that create their own index (aka do not only rely on other sites for their search feeds) are:
Google
Yahoo
MSN
Ask Jeeves
I stress only because even though Google has its own index, it is fed by Open Directory Project (www.dmoz.org). Open Directory Project also feeds AOL and Earthlink. If you haven't submitted your website to ODP then I highly suggest you do - its not a search engine - they only produce what is registered on the website and approved by their editors.
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