Top Search Engines by Usage-Other Statistics

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The top search engines on the web:

1. Google: 57.7%
2. Yahoo: 17.9%
3. Microsoft: 12.0%
4. AOL 4.5%
5. Ask 2.7%

Source:
Search Engine Land

Knowing where your users hang out is pretty important as that is where you want your site to be *hanging out* as well. Ask yourself: budget permitting, would you rather advertise on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere or on national television? According to recent statistics, humans tend to do their searches using the *big three* or as I call them *GYM*; Google, Yahoo! and MSN. This is why the *we'll submit you to 1000 search engines for $19.95* services are NEVER a good idea. Concentrate your efforts, monitoring, etc on GYM. These search engines are the "national television ad" of the Internet and that's right where you want to be.

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