Nielsen//NetRatings announced that YTY searches on Google and Yahoo! grew 41% and 47%, respectively, outpacing the overall search growth rate of 36%. Google’s searches increased from 2.1 bln in March 2005 to 2.9 bln in March 2006, while in the same time period Yahoo’s searches increased from 907.8 mln to 1.3 bln. MSN, saw a 9% YTY growth in searches, from 592.2 mln to 643.8 mln.
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Top search engines in March 2006 |
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| Mar 2005 | Mar 2006 | Growth | |
| 2,057,897 | 2,900,375 | 41% | |
| Yahoo! | 907,751 | 1,330,183 | 47% |
| MSN | 592,153 | 643,803 | 9% |
| Source: Nielsen//NetRatings | |||