49% of users use search engines on a typical day in 2008

The percentage of internet users who use search engines on a typical day has been steadily rising from 33% of all users in 2002, to 49%.With this increase, the number of those using a search engine on a typical day is pulling ever closer to the 60% of internet users who use email, arguably the internet’s all-time killer app, on a typical day, according to Pew Internet Project.