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I'm genuinely surprised that Yahoo tops Google in 2013 and 2010. Especially considering Android, Gmail etc. proliferation on top of it's domination of search

• vidarh 12y ago
  On top of their long list of Yahoo branded services, consider that they own Tumblr and Flickr. And Gmail is not nearly as dominant outside of the tech industry as it is within. There are many markets where Gmail is beaten by one or more of Hotmail, Yahoo, and AOL.
  • wuliwong 12y ago
    This is supposed to be a list of the top "websites". A visit to tumblr.com or to flickr.com should not be counted for yahoo.com. I think the title of the article is probably not accurate.
    • nostrademons 12y ago
      The article says that it's based on comScore, which groups all properties owned by one company under that company. So really "top web companies."
      • js-coder 12y ago
        Still really surprising for me. I would've thought Google search alone would easily outperform all of Yahoo. And then Google also has YouTube, GMail, Maps etc.
        • nostrademons 12y ago
          I think the comScore data may be biased; IIRC they rely on a toolbar that's installed along with crapware, and so it'll be biased toward users who are willing to put up with crapware.
          • shawndumas 12y ago
            Google Display Network Ad Planner rates Yahoo 3rd [1] (but does not count itself but does include YouTube so ...) ---- [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_popular_websites http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_popular_websites
    • IkmoIkmo 12y ago
      Agreed. It felt more like a Buzzfeed article to be honest. It's not really clear or scientific about it. Firstly it talks about 'top websites' implying individual website rankings worldwide, and then ends up casually showing US rankings with loads of website brands lumped into whatever parent company owned them, ending up with everyone wondering what the hell Glam Media (now Mode Media) is and why it's US only brands. Which is fine, it's just poorly written.
  • Thaxll 12y ago
    Gmail is the most popular email service. http://www.techspot.com/news/50678-gmail-finally-overtakes-hotmail-as-worlds-top-email-service.html http://www.techspot.com/news/50678-gmail-finally-overtakes-h...
• bduerst 12y ago
  I think that Android uses the Google Search API, not the actual website, but I could be mistaken.
• oDot 12y ago
  Here's a per domain comparison: http://www.similarweb.com/global http://www.similarweb.com/global For the click lazy: 1) Facebook.com 2) Google.com 3) Youtube.com 4) Yahoo.com 5) Live.com
• ianremsen 12y ago
  Yahoo is huge outside Western countries.
  • jpatokal 12y ago
    Yahoo is huge in Japan, where it's an entirely separate company, but not really anywhere else. And it's catching up pretty fast in Japan as well (Yahoo 53%, Google 40% and growing). http://returnonnow.com/internet-marketing-resources/2013-search-engine-market-share-by-country/ http://returnonnow.com/internet-marketing-resources/2013-sea...
• frogpelt 12y ago
  Yeah, I don't understand this. Google owns YouTube also. I would like to know how they formulate these metrics.
  • CSMastermind 12y ago
    Right by it's not "Which Company Received the Most Web Traffic Across All Domains" it's "Most Popular Websites".
• kevin_thibedeau 12y ago
  The data is collected from people who think nothing of having intrusive, cycle sucking, third-party toolbars running in their browsers. Probably explains the continued presence of AOL too.
  • maxmcd 12y ago
    So, the majority of internet users?