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For Immediate Release May 7, 1999
Contact: Cristi Allen
callen@decisionanalyst.com
Phone: 817-640-6166
Yahoo Is The Top Search Engine
Arlington, Texas – Yahoo wins hands down as the most popular search
engine, according to a recent survey by Decision Analyst, Inc., a leading
national marketing research firm.
In an Internet survey of 658 U.S. and 392 Canadian Internet users, Decision
Analyst found that 31.7% (32.8% U.S. and 29.8% Canadian) respondents used Yahoo
as their primary search engine.
| Search
Engine |
U.S. |
Canada |
| Yahoo |
32.8% |
29.8% |
| Altavista |
8.6 |
11.7 |
| Netscape |
6.9 |
12.2 |
| Infoseek |
8.0 |
10.0 |
| Excite |
8.4 |
4.8 |
| AOL |
7.7 |
0.6 |
| HotBot |
3.8 |
4.8 |
| Lycos |
4.6 |
2.3 |
| Metacrawler |
3.0 |
4.0 |
| Dogpile |
3.5 |
2.1 |
"Yahoo clearly has a strong hold on the markets in the U.S. and
Canada," say Jerry W. Thomas, President/CEO of Decision Analyst, Inc.,
"while every other search engine is fighting for second."
This survey was conducted over the Internet via Decision Analyst’s
online consumer opinion panel. This Decision Analyst’s survey has
a margin of error of approximately four percent, plus or minus, at a 95%
confidence level.
For additional information contact:
Cristi Allen
Publicity
Email: callen@decisionanalyst.com
Phone: 1.800.ANALYSIS (262.5974)
Address: 604 Avenue H East
Arlington, TX 76011
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