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Google Is Your Friend
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Share of Internet Searches
Four Weeks Ending December 3, 2005
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Search Engine
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Share of Searches
| | Google | 61.8%
| | Yahoo | 25.6%
| | MSN | 5.1%
| | Ask | 4.7%
| | 58 Other Major Search Engines | 2.8%
| | Source: Hitwise Research Note: December 2005
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- Between 46% and 62% of all searches are done on Google
- Google offers Pay-Per-Click Services and Natural Listings Placement
- Google Local even allows you to be listed without a website
- Google Toolbar lets you get a (very) rough idea of importance with Google PageRank
- Google has several offerings that are targeted to specific needs:
- Blogger
- Finance
- Froogle (shopping)
- Google Local
- Google Blog Search
- News
- Video
You can even get your business listed without having a website at
Google Local (although it's even better if you do have one.)
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