Search Marketing is Dead – Oh wait a minute
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December Search Volume by Search Engine
comScore (website) tracks the volume of searches in the United States each month. Following are their findings for December 2008, compared to November 2008.
December 2008 U.S. Core Search Rankings
Google Sites led the U.S. core search market in December with 63.5 percent of the searches conducted, unchanged from November, followed by Yahoo! Sites (20.5 percent), Microsoft Sites (8.3 percent), Ask Network (3.9 percent), and AOL LLC (3.8 percent). Visit the comScore website to see their full findings.
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comScore Core Search Report* |
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Core Search Entity |
Share of Searches (%) |
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Nov-08 |
Dec-08 |
Point Change Dec-08 vs. Nov-08 |
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Total Core Search |
100.0 |
100.0 |
N/A |
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Google Sites |
63.5 |
63.5 |
0.0 |
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Yahoo! Sites |
20.4 |
20.5 |
0.1 |
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Microsoft Sites |
8.3 |
8.3 |
0.0 |
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Ask Network |
4.0 |
3.9 |
-0.1 |
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AOL LLC |
3.8 |
3.8 |
0.0 |
* Based on the five major search engines including partner searches and cross-channel searches. Searches for mapping, local directory, and user-generated video sites that are not on the core domain of the five search engines are not included in the core search numbers.
Next DFW SEM Meeting is Thursday, Jan. 15
Don’t miss the next meeting of the Dallas Fort Worth Search Engine Marketing Association (website) this Thursday, January 15. Featured speaker is Brett Tabke, CEO and Founder of WebmasterWorld (website) and chair of PubCon Conferences (website). Immediately following Brett’s presentation, several websites will be selected for an on-the-spot SEO review by DFW SEM members. It’s a great opportunity to gain valuable insight from DFW’s leading SEO professionals.
The meeting will be held at the Renaissance Hotel (map) in Richardson from 6:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Price is $10 for DFW SEM members and $30 for non-members.
The January DFW SEM meeting is sponsored by SEMPO (website) and Lead Maverick (website).