MUMBAI: Nielsen//NetRatings, a global leader in Internet media and market research, has released the top 10 search engine share rankings for July 2005, which saw Google in the lead with 46 per cent of all searches, followed by Yahoo! Search at 23 per cent and MSN Search at 13 per cent.

AOL Search garnered five per cent of searches, and My Way Search saw two per cent.

Top 10 Search Engines Ranked by Search Share: June-July 2005

The average web searcher conducted nearly 38 searches during July 2005, a four per cent increase from the prior month. Google Search and Yahoo! Search saw heavy usage with 27 and 20 searches per person, respectively, followed by Netscape Search and Dogpile.com Search, which averaged nearly 20 and 15 searches per person, respectively. MSN Search rounded out the top five rankings with 14 searches per person.

Top 10 Search Engines Ranked by Searches per Searcher: June-July 2005

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