From Internet News, “Who’s Really Winning the Search Race“:
Yet, as it turns out, the big players aren’t the ones seeing the most growth in search. Instead, it’s Craigslist that leads in percent growth according to comScore. The online classifieds site posting a 12 percent jump in queries from 583 million to 651 million from April to May.
Here’s the data, with search queries denominated in millions:
Entities | Apr-09 | May-09 | Growth |
---|---|---|---|
Google Sites | 13,041 | 13,035 | 0% |
Yahoo Sites | 3,161 | 3,021 | -4% |
Microsoft Sites | 1,250 | 1,194 | -4% |
AOL LLC | 795 | 721 | -9% |
Ask Network | 705 | 691 | -2% |
craigslist | 583 | 651 | 12% |
MySpace Sites | 658 | 636 | -3% |
eBay | 654 | 634 | -3% |
Amazon Sites | 188 | 185 | -2% |
176 | 184 | 5% |