comScore Releases June 2008 U.K. Search Rankings


LONDON, August 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- More than 3 out of 4 Searches Conducted on Google Sites

- Bebo Acquisition Propels AOL LLC to #6 Ranked Search Property

comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world,
today released its report on U.K. Internet search activity in June 2008,
based on data from the comScore qSearch 2.0 online measurement service.

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Top 10 U.K. Search Properties

In June, Google Sites slightly increased its lead as the most popular
search property in the U.K. to 75.3 percent of all search queries, followed
by eBay (5.5 percent), Yahoo! Sites (4.3 percent) and Microsoft Sites
(3.4 percent). AOL LLC's acquisition of U.K. social networking property,
Bebo.com, expanded its share of search queries to 2.3 percent, edging
Facebook.com (2.2 percent) into sixth place.

comScore qSearch 2.0 U.K. Share of Search Report*                   
    June 2008 vs. May 2008                                               
    Total U.K., Age 15+ - Home & Work Locations                          
    Source: comScore qSearch 2.0                                         
    
                Property                     May 2008   June 2008   Pt Change 
 
    Total Internet                              100.0       100.0         0.0 
    Google Sites                                 74.7        75.3         0.5 
    eBay                                          5.7         5.5        -0.2 
    Yahoo! Sites                                  4.7         4.3        -0.4 
    Microsoft Sites                               3.3         3.4         0.1 
    Ask Network                                   2.6         2.4        -0.2 
    AOL LLC                                       1.6         2.3         0.7 
    FACEBOOK.COM                                  2.0         2.2         0.2 
    Amazon Sites                                  0.7         0.7         0.0 
    BBC Sites                                     0.7         0.7         0.0 
    Rightmove Sites                               0.7         0.6         0.0 

    * Excludes searches from public computers such as Internet cafes or 
      access from mobile phones or PDAs.

    Other notable findings from June 2008 include:
    -- There were 3.9 billion total searches conducted in the U.K. during the 
       month. 
    -- 31 million U.K. Internet users conducted at least one search.
    -- U.K. searchers conducted an average of 124 searches per searcher 
       during the month, or 4.1 searches per day.
    -- U.K. searchers made a combined total of 937 billion visits to a search 
       engine in May, with an average of 4.1 searches per visit.



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