Nielsen//NetRatings reported that Google continues its lead in the search share competition, garnering 48.5% of all searches conducted in February 2006. Yahoo! drew 22.5% of online searches, while MSN accounted for 10.7% of the search market. AOL and My Way Search rounded out the top five search providers with 6.6 and 2.7% of searches.
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Top search engines in February 2006 |
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| Search engine | Jan 2006 | Feb 2006 | Growth |
| 48.2% | 48.5% | 46% | |
| Yahoo! | 22.2% | 22.5% | 49% |
| MSN | 11.0% | 10.7% | 4% |
| AOL | 6.5% | 6.6% | NA |
| MyWay | 2.7% | 2.7% | 145% |
| Source: Nielsen//NetRatings | |||