There are many search engines but there are only a hand full that
are used by most internet users and of these Google is at the top of the
list with Google placing in the 70% range the others that follow are
Yahoo which is approximately 12 percent.
The others that Internet users
run their searches are MSN, AOL, Ask, and others whose percentage is
lower. To place your website we considerate on the top sites such as
Google, MSN and Yahoo to bring potential Internet customers to you.
Google also provides information to search results for some of the popular Internet providers along with others who have partnered with them, some of these service providers are AT&T and Earthlink. Yahoo who, though following behind Google, has nonetheless purchased some of the search engines that were often used like AltaVista, Fast, Inktomi and Overture.