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...tallied up the number of searches executed any given week, the top four search engines combined - Google, Yahoo Search, MSN (and its new Live search) and Ask.com - would account for 98.3% of all searches in the U.S. Those top four engines clearly have a hold on the American public. But new search sites, perhaps inspired by the financial gains of Google and Yahoo, are still being introduced; as of last week, a total of 1,592 different search engines were visited by U.S. Internet users...
...answer depends on what type of "other" search engine a user might gravitate to. There are meta-search properties that combine the search results from other engines - sites like Dogpile.com, MyWebSearch.com and Mamma.com. While the users of these kinds of sites skew female, the typical profile for meta-search engines is a less technically sophisticated user who tends to be 55 or older. Initially meta-search was a favorite of the tech-savvy user - in the early years of search, it wasn't uncommon to find drastically different results on the major sites, and meta-search engines served a very...
...Another class of search engines that we find beyond the top four are the retro-engines, or search engines that were at the top of their game in the '90s like Altavista and Lycos. These engines are the Internet equivalent of classic rock and oldies radio stations that pepper the airwaves. Demographic profiles of these search engines reveal that most users are in the 35 to 44 age category, most likely users that began using these engines in their heyday and maintained their loyalty...
...most prolific class of secondary search engines are those that focus on a very narrow purpose - engines that aid our search for the best prices for retail items and travel services. As we have pointed out, the people saving money usually have money; affluent Internet users are the key demographics for these sites...
...section of the Web site that receives over 500 posts on an average day—Craigslist consists of people hoping not only to post anonymously but to act anonymously. In the “personals” section of the site, a word-search for “discreet” returns over 1,500 entries. “Discrete” returns 404. While it would be refreshing to think that so many people consider themselves “distinct, non-continuous” and want to convey this information to potential partners, it is impossible...