| |
intelliot
Site Admin
Joined: 01 May 2004
18653.45 GC$
Items
|
 Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 8:47 pm Post subject: Yahoo Search Gains on Google |
 |
|
|
| Quote: | Study finds each engine draws 40 percent of North American Web surfers, with Yahoo coming on strong.
Google may be getting most of the attention among search engines, especially with its upcoming initial public offering, but new Forrester Research data on search habits shows Yahoo is still getting a big piece of the action.
Use of Yahoo as a search engine ties that of the mighty Google in the most recent Consumer Technographics survey, sponsored by Forrester, of more than 60,000 North American households. Each of those search engines shows up with 40 percent of Web surfers who use a portal or search site at least once a week. And Forrester believes use of Yahoo search will surge ahead of Google in the first quarter of 2005, says George Colony, Forrester chair and CEO.
Dissecting Search
Why the spurt by Yahoo, especially amid the recent Googlemania?
Colony says a great search site has three components: personalization, presentation, and quality of service.
"Of all the search engines out there, Yahoo is the only player that gets all three," Colony says. Google impresses primarily in its quality of service, he adds.
Colony also points out that few, if any, barriers to entry exist in the search engine universe. "It's very easy to make a quick switch to another (search engine)," he said.
Certainly competition remains fierce, as the search sites look for other ways to lure surfers and make money.
Digital Music Dominates
Other interesting tidbits from the survey's snapshot:
* PC sales are dominated by Dell, at 31 percent of the market, trailed by Hewlett-Packard at 24 percent and Gateway at 9 percent. Apple shows up with 6 percent. The study also says, "Although games are the most important PC entertainment activity, it's digital music that's changing the face of the PC." Consumers are treating PCs as personal digital-music jukeboxes, where they store CDs, download new tunes, and refuel their MP3 players.
* Broadband is in 23.1 million U.S. homes, and nearly 8 million more households are expected to join that number next year. Broadband households, not surprisingly, spend four more hours each week online than dial-up Internet users. They also earn more money and are three times more likely to own a digital video recorder. However, those online via broadband represent only 18.3 percent of all U.S. households.
* More than 50 percent of households now have DVD players.
* Ownership of digital cameras leaped 26 percent over Forrester's 2002 survey figures, due to falling camera prices, easier-to-use cameras, and better, more affordable photo printers.
Forrester calls the study, now in its sixth year, an "annual guide to technology adoption, device ownership, and online behavior." |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
tntcheats
So sexy it hurts
Joined: 05 Jul 2004
Location: Cananada
13184.52 GC$
Items
|
| Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 10:18 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
Doubt Yahoo will surge past them. Especially if Google's smart; which they've shown us time and again that they are.
_________________
Tetris | Great Big Blog |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
cvrk3
Google Guru
Joined: 05 Jul 2004
Location: India
16443.40 GC$
Items
|
| Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 10:46 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
| but still they should not take it lightly |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Arisna
Senior Googler
Joined: 20 Jun 2004
3362.45 GC$
Items
|
| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 9:44 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
Perhaps I'm one of few, but I find Yahoo's "personalization" and "presentation" annoying. IMHO, it is entirely too crowded, difficult to find anything useful, and, if we want to move past the front page, full of lame, graphical advertising. If I didn't know better, I'd think it was one of those scavenger search engines that takes over dead domains.
In short, let's stick to quality of service, eh? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
cvrk3
Google Guru
Joined: 05 Jul 2004
Location: India
16443.40 GC$
Items
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 4:11 am Post subject: |
|
|
|
| i have no experience of yahoo search. search to me is only google. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
massacre
Googler
Joined: 01 Jul 2004
Location: Austin, Tx
1608.31 GC$
Items
|
| Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 2:48 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
yahoo search sucks. i have never done one search on yahoo that has turned up the answers i have looked for. yahoo wont surge past google cause google i believe will always be one steap above them all.
_________________
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Ehrick
Noogle
Joined: 19 Jul 2004
1.00 GC$
Items
|
| Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 2:57 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
I can't see any way that Yahoo could get past Google. I agree with Arisna, I think Yahoo is too crowded.
Besides, Google just keeps getting better. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Seaneh
Googler
Joined: 25 Jul 2004
Location: Yorkshire, England
1747.68 GC$
Items
|
| Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 2:58 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
| It used to be alright back in the day though. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
intelliot
Site Admin
Joined: 01 May 2004
18653.45 GC$
Items
|
| Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 8:01 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
Back in the days before Google  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
tubaman93
Googler
Joined: 02 Aug 2004
Location: Los Angeles
176.05 GC$
Items
|
| Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 9:19 am Post subject: |
|
|
|
And when Google powered Yahoo, which was cool.
_________________
Anything in parenthesis can (not) be ignored. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Snake
King of Snakes
Joined: 28 Jul 2004
Location: Wisconsin
20845.02 GC$
Items
|
| Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 9:43 am Post subject: |
|
|
|
Now yahoo sucks without it being powered by Google search.
I really dont think yahoo can pass up Google, if they do it, i would be very, very surprised.. as i dont think they can do it.
NO WAY lol
Snake
(google google google) |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
nikkinouse
Junior Googler
Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Location: USA
1255.17 GC$
Items
|
| Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 6:56 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
| I agree- Yahoo is nothing w/o Google. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
MaSs ZeRo
Noogle
Joined: 30 Aug 2004
48.75 GC$
Items
|
| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 2:05 am Post subject: |
|
|
|
Google surely would not like that to happen so still dependent in Google Wakeke!!!
It means Google Owns Yahoo HEHehe! lol |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Sponsored Links
|
| Posted: 5 Dec 2008 6:17 am Post subject: Advertisements |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
Host your free forums with Invision Plus.net forum web hosting with your own subdomain.
alexisBlue v1.2 // Theme Created By: Andrew Charron // Icons in Part By: Travis Carden |
|
|
|
|
