Below is a listing of the top 10 search engines in the United States. These listings are displayed in ranking order for the top 5 search engines and alphabetical order for 2nd tier search engines along with links to their FAQ’s and Add/Submit URI pages. Be sure to check out our Search Engine Tools listed in the right column.
Search Engine Statistics – What Market Share?
According to 2009 February 14 figures from Hitwise.
Top Search Engines for 2009
* Search.MSN.com 302 redirects to Live.com
Top Search Engines for 2008
* Does not include Live.com data
| 2008 | Yahoo! | MSN/Live | Ask | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 12 | 72.07% | 17.79% | 4.10% * | 3.15% |
| 2008 11 | 71.97% | 17.70% | 4.10% * | 3.35% |
| 2008 10 | 71.86% | 17.74% | 4.16% * | 3.53% |
| 2008 09 | 71.16% | 18.06% | 4.22% * | 3.63% |
| 2008 08 | 71.01% | 18.26% | 5.32% | 3.45% |
| 2008 07 | 70.07% | 18.65% | 5.36% | 3.53% |
| 2008 06 | 69.17% | 19.62% | 5.46% | 4.17% |
| 2008 05 | 68.29% | 19.95% | 5.89% | 4.23% |
| 2008 04 | 67.90% | 20.28% | 6.26% | 4.17% |
| 2008 03 | 67.25% | 20.29% | 6.65% | 4.09% |
| 2008 02 | 66.44% | 20.59% | 6.95% | 4.16% |
| 2008 01 | 65.98% | 20.94% | 6.90% | 4.21% |
Top Search Engines for 2007
| 2007 | Yahoo! | MSN/Live | Ask | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 12 | 65.98% | 20.88% | 7.04% | 4.14% |
| 2007 11 | 65.10% | 21.21% | 7.09% | 4.63% |
| 2007 10 | 64.49% | 21.65% | 7.42% | 4.76% |
| 2007 09 | 63.55% | 22.55% | 7.83% | 4.32% |
Top Search Engines for 2006
| 2006 | Yahoo! | MSN/Live | Ask | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 10 | 60.94% | 22.34% | 10.72% | 4.34% |
Source: Hitwise Press Releases
Top 5 Search Engines in the United States (The Majors) by Rank
- Google
Free Submit: http://www.google.com/addurl/ - Yahoo! Search
Free Submit: http://submit.search.yahoo.com/free/request/ - MSN Live Search
Free Submit: http://search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx - AOL Search – Powered by Google
- Ask – Powered by Teoma
FAQs: http://static.wc.ask.com/en/docs/about/webmasters.shtml#18
Alphabetical Listing of 2nd Tier Search Engines
- AltaVista – Powered by Yahoo!
Free Submit: http://submit.search.yahoo.com/free/request/ - Fast (AlltheWeb.com) – Powered by Yahoo!
Submit: http://submit.search.yahoo.com/free/request/ - Gigablast – Real time spidering, really!
Free Submit: http://www.gigablast.com/addurl - Netscape Search – Powered by Google
Free Submit: http://www.google.com/addurl/ - Snap.com – Portions powered by: Gigablast, Smarter.com, SimplyHired.com, X1 Technologies, Inc. and Enhanced by Ask.com
Submit: http://www.snap.com/