The Race to Search Engine Supremacy: A History of How and What We Search Online

THE RACE TO SEARCH OENGINE SUPREMACY: A History of How and What We Search Online A Timeline of Search Engines on the World Wide Web 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 W3 W3C Catalog Start Date SEP 1993 DEC 1996 Bought by World Wide Web wwww M Worm Switched to SEP 1993 JUN 1997 Redirected to Rebranded as R.I. ALIWEB ALIWEB Retired NOV 1993 AUG 2003 Jump Jump Sťation Station DEC OCT 1993 1994 Infoseek infoseek M JAN 1994 1998 FEB 2001 DISNEY DiSNEy Einet Galaxy galaxy. MAR 2004 egalaxy. JAN 1994 Web Crawler JUN 1995 APR 1997 AOL APR 2001 1994 (FindleXcite A nfospoce Magellan M 1995 1996 APR 2001 excite Yahoo! YAHOO MAR 1995 2002 2003 JUL 2009 Google results YAHOO! Iresults bing results Lycos Ycos APR 1995 MAY 2000 AUG 2004 AUG 2010 Ddm Ybrant terra Dogpile DOGPILE NOV 1995 JUL 2000 Anfospace Alta Vista altavista DEC 1995 2003 JUL 2013 YAHOO! YAHOO! Excite exeite DEC 1995 1999 DEC 2001 MAR 2004 Home jwon. Ask Jeeves Inktomi Inktom i FEB DEC 2002 1996 YAHOO! HotBot OrM MAY 1998 1996 HLYCOS Ask Ask Jeeves Jeeves JUN 1996 FEB 2006 Ask AOL AOy NetFind MAR OCT 1999 MAY 2002 1997 Google results eCOMSearch Google Google SEP 1997 Yandex Yandex SEP 1997 Northern Light DEC 1997 JAN 2002 Ixquick ixquick 1998 GoTo 8m FEB OCT 2001 2003 OCT 2007 1998 overture 6 YAHOO! YAHOO! DMOZ (amon JUN 1998 NOV 1998 Nel Fint MSN Search msn SEP SEP 2006 MAR 2007 JUN 2009 1998 bing Windows Live Live Search Look Smart Löoksmart DEC 1998 Allthe allhewed Web that ОСт 2003 APR 2011 1999 overture YAHOO! Gigablast A JUN 2000 Teoma TEOMA JUN SEP 2001 FEB 2006 2000 Ask eeves Ask RLP WiseNut WiseNut SEP APR 2002 SEP 2001 2007 LookSmart Info.com (info 2003 Scroogle Scroogle 2003 FEB 2012 Ansearch ansearch DEC 2004 Search search Me me: MAR 2005 JUL 2009 YaCy Jaby NOV 2005 Good Search goodsearch NOV 2005 ChaCha ChaCha SEP 2006 Powerset Powerset M OCT 2006 JUL 2008 SEP 2010 Microsoft bing R.L.P. Viewzi (viewzia DEC 2006 DEC 2010 Blackle (Blackle JAN 2007 RL.P Sproose woese AUG 2007 JAN 2011 Cuil cuil JUL 2008 SEP 2010 Boogami Bagami AUG 2008 I OCT 2009 Forestle Forestle AUG 2008 JAN 2011 ECO SIA Duck DuckGo DuckDuckG SEP 2008 Leapfish leapfish. NOV 2008 FEB 2012 Yebol yeboi JUL 2009 JAN 2012 Mugurdy mugurdu JUL 2009 APR 2010 Blekko blekko NOV 2010 R.IP. Volunia JUN FEB 2012 2014 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Breaking Down the Giants of Search Google Sites Yahoo Sites An Analysis of the "Big 5" by Billions of Explicit Core Searches from 2007 to 2014, Graphed by Percentage of Total Explicit Core Searches: Microsoft Sites AOL •Ask Network 134.1 Billion (65.4%) 32.1 Billion (15.7%) 104.2 Billion (65.2%) 27.4 Billion (17.2%) 29.4 Billion (14.3%) 3.2 Billion (1.6%) 18.7 Billion (11.7%) 5.9 Billion (3.7%) 2011 6.1 Billion (3%) 3.5 Billion (2.2%) 2010*** 139.1 Billion (66.6%) 69.1 Billion (61.4%) 23.4 Billion (20.8%) 10.1 Billion (9%) 27.2 Billion (13%) 32.7 Billion (15.7%) 3,4 Billion (1.6%) 4.9 Billion (4.4%) 6.4 Billion (3.1%) 4.9 Billion (4.4%) 34 Billion (57.4%) 13.7 Billion (23.1%) 6.2 Billion (10.5%) 2.6 Billion (4.4%) 2.7 Billion (4.6%) 154.1 Billion (66.9%) 26.5 Billion (11.6%) 40.4 Billion (17.5%) 3.2 Billion (1.4%) 6.1 Billion (2.6%) JAN-OCT 2014 124.2 Billion (67.7%) 18.6 Billion (10.1%) 34.9 Billion (19%) *AOL was represented by Time Warner until January 2008, when AOL LLC and Time Warner Network were split into two distinct properties. **Data for August and December unavailable. ***Data for January and February unavailable. 2.2 Billion (1.2%) 3.6 Billion (2%) Total Search Volume Between the "Big 5" 59.2 112.4 159.7 204.9 208.8 230.3 183.5 Billion Billion Billion Billion Billion Billion Billion Excluding AUG and DEC JUL - DEC 2007 JAN - OCT 2014 MAR - DEC 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 Extra Stats: Greatest Change Over Time (Based on Available Data): Yahoo Sites -13% Least Change Over Time (Based on Available Data): Ask Network -2.6%o A Colorful Exhibition of What We Searched Google A Visualization of Google Zeitgeist: 2004-2013 MUSICIAN ACTOR PERSON Barack Obama Justin Beiber Miley Miley Selena Gomez* George W. Bush Britney Spears Paris Hilton Britney Lil' Wayne Justin Beiber Spears Justin Beiber Spears Miley CyrusMiley Cyrus Whitney Houston Beiber SpearS Beiber Angelina Jolie Labrador Retriever Barack obama Michael Jackson Oprah Winfrey Labrador Retriever Britney Miley Britney Spears Nick Berg Oprah Winfrey BulldogBulldog Spears. Cyrus Man of Steel The Oprah Winfrey Bulldog Napoleon Dynamite Twilight A The Hunger Games Inception Saga: High School Musical Napoleon New Winfrey Oprah Winfrey Bulldog Vanessa Hudgens CyrusCyrúsLindsey Lohan BREED DOG Britney Justin BritneyJustin Miley Cyrus Lindsey Lohan MOVIE BUSINESS Mitt Romney Bulldog Bulldog Oprah Winfrey Bulldog Oprah Winfrey High Oprah Winfrey Pizza Martini Martini The Dark Knight ODynamite Moon Labrador Retriever COCKTAIL The Twilight School Musical Pizza Martini FASHION BRAND Saga: Breaking Dawn Pizza iartini LMartini Pizza Martini Cake Martini Abercrombie & Fitch Abercrombie & Fitch Pizza Pizza Dizza Martini Martini Hollister Co. Hollister Co. Forever 21 Pizza Pizza Forever 21 Abercrombie & Fitch Forever 21 Michael Jordan Forever 21 Forever 21 Michael Jordan Martini` Aaron Hernandez Tiger Woods Michael FOOD Ford Mustangrord MustangMichael Jordan Michael Jordan Jordan Ford Mustang Ford Mustang o Ford Mustang Ford Mustang Ford Mustang Michael Jordan Michael Jordan The Walking Dead Saturday Night Live Ford Mustang Glee American Idol American Idol Glee SpongeBob, Glee CAR ATHLETE American Idol AmericaAiva TV SHOW dol Breaking Bad "Toxic" by Britney Spears a la Vida" by Coldplay "Harlem Shake" by Baauer "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani “Poker Face" by Lady Gaga "Call Me Maybe""Love the Way You Lie" - Eminem ft. Rihanna Carly Rae Jepsen"Look at Me Now" - Chris Brown J "Apologize"by One Republic SONG SpongeBob SpongeBob Hannah Montana KIDS TV Fastest Rising Search Terms: 2009-2013 Ben 10 Rebecca Black Whitney Houston Nelson Mandela Twitter Chatroulette Michael Jackson Google Plus Paul Walker iPad Gangnam Style Justin Bieber Hurricane Sandy Facebook Ryan Dunn iPhone 5s 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 YAHOO! Top Search Terms: 2001-2014 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Michael BP Oil iPhone Election Miley Ebola Playstation 2 KaZaA American "Britney Spearsackson Spill Cyrus Idol Top Trending Search Terms in 2014 2 10 Ebola Minecraft Ariana Grande Frozen Kim Kardashian ° Missing Malaysia Airlines Jet Winter Olympics Jennifer Lawrence bing Top Searched News Stories in 2014 World Cup Brittany Maynard, Death with Dignity debate 10 3 SOURCES: www.archive.org | www.wordstream.com www.searchenginewatch.com | www.comscore.com www.bruceclay.com | www.searchengineland.com www.searchenginehistory.com | www.thinkpink.com www.google.com | www.yahoo.com www.googlezeitgeist.com | www.bing.com ONINJAS INTERNET MARKETING FULL SERVICE INTERNET MARKETING & TOOLS **8007 2012 Z007 D3a - AInl 2013 O SpongeBob Ben 10 Hannah Montana Miley Cyrus ° Iphone 6 Kaley Cuoco Jennifer Aniston TuШ Ray Rice Controve Shooting in Ferguson, Missouri Super Bowl The rise of ISIS Ebola outbreak Ukraine Conflict