The Nielsen Company today reported January 2010 data for the top U.S. Search Providers.

Top 10 Search Providers for January 2010, Ranked by Searches (U.S.)
Rank Provider Searches (000) Share of Searches
All Search 10,272,099 100.0%
1 Google Search 6,805,424 66.3%
2 Yahoo! Search 1,488,476 14.5%
3 MSN/Windows Live/Bing Search 1,116,546 10.9%
4 AOL Search 251,762 2.5%
5 Ask.com Search 194,161 1.9%
6 My Web Search 112,356 1.1%
7 Comcast Search 59,608 0.6%
8 Yellow Pages Search 35,101 0.3%
9 NexTag Search 34,736 0.3%
10 BizRate Search 20,123 0.2%
Source: The Nielsen Company
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Over 10 Billion Searches TOTAL in a single month is an amazing # to have taken place. Lets take a minute to think about what this means here withing the U.S. According to the WORLD Population Clock at the time I checked there is a estimated 308,723,979 citizens. So if EVERYONE here searched 33 times (more than 1 search a day, including small children and people without computers like a few members of my family).

The next statistic I would like to share is about what people are looking for online.

43% of search engine users are seeking a local merchant to buy something offline.

As you start thinking about these statistics it starts to become clear that you need an online presence.

In the next few days I am going to start laying out a basic “Get Going Online” course.

As always Please leave comments and questions below.

And THANK YOU for joining me on the new BLOG..

MIKE

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