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Google holds 65% of search engine volume in the US. Or, to put it another way, they don't control about 1/3 of search volume. They hold a majority, but it's inc
by cheald 12y ago
Google holds 65% of search engine volume in the US. Or, to put it another way, they don't control about 1/3 of search volume. They hold a majority, but it's incorrect to characterize it as "Google is the internet".
It's fine to have these discussions, but let's please not do it with a "Google is 99.998% of search traffic, we have to stop them!" straw man.
- learc83 12y agoThat's just the US (where their market share continues to grow). Google controls over 90% of search in most other developed countries [1], and Google has close to 90% of the world wide search volume [2]. [1] http://returnonnow.com/internet-marketing-resources/2013-search-engine-market-share-by-country/ http://returnonnow.com/internet-marketing-resources/2013-sea... [2] http://www.statista.com/statistics/216573/worldwide-market-share-of-search-engines/ http://www.statista.com/statistics/216573/worldwide-market-s...