RESTON, Va., July 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch(TM) analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. Google Sites led the explicit core search market in June with 67.6 percent of search queries conducted.

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U.S. Explicit Core Search
Google Sites led the U.S. explicit core search market in June with 67.6 percent market share, followed by Microsoft Sites with 19.2 percent (up 0.4 percentage points) and Yahoo Sites with 9.8 percent. Ask Network accounted for 2.1 percent of explicit core searches, followed by AOL, Inc. with 1.3 percent.



    comScore Explicit Core Search Share Report* 

    June 2014 vs. May 2014 
    Total U.S. - Home & Work Locations
    Source:
     comScore qSearch
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    Core Search Entity                                                 Explicit Core Search Share
                                                                                (%)
    ------------------                                                 --------------------------

                                May-14                                        Jun-14                 Point Change
                                ------                                        ------                 ------------

    Total Explicit Core Search                                           100.0%      100.0%                        N/A
    --------------------------                                            -----        -----                         ---

    Google Sites                                                          67.6%       67.6%                        0.0
    ------------                                                           ----         ----                         ---

    Microsoft Sites                                                       18.8%       19.2%                        0.4
    ---------------                                                        ----         ----                         ---

    Yahoo Sites                                                           10.0%        9.8%                       -0.2
    -----------                                                            ----          ---                        ----

    Ask Network                                                            2.3%        2.1%                       -0.2
    -----------                                                             ---          ---                        ----

    AOL, Inc.                                                              1.3%        1.3%                        0.0
    ---------                                                               ---          ---                         ---

    *"Explicit Core Search"
     excludes contextually driven
     searches that do not
    reflect specific user intent
     to interact with the search
     results.

17.8 billion explicit core searches were conducted in June, with Google Sites ranking first with 12.1 billion. Microsoft Sites ranked second with 3.4 billion searches, followed by Yahoo Sites with 1.7 billion, Ask Network with 378 million and AOL, Inc. with 231 million.



    comScore Explicit Core Search Query Report 

    June 2014 vs. May 2014
    Total U.S. - Home & Work Locations
    Source: comScore qSearch
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Core Search Entity                                                   Explicit Core Search Queries (MM)
    ------------------                                                    --------------------------------

                                May-14                                         Jun-14            Percent Change
                                ------                                         ------            --------------

    Total Explicit Core Search                                            18,496        17,826               -4%
    --------------------------                                            ------        ------               ---

    Google Sites                                                          12,501        12,050               -4%
    ------------                                                          ------        ------               ---

    Microsoft Sites                                                        3,485         3,420               -2%
    ---------------                                                        -----         -----               ---

    Yahoo Sites                                                            1,845         1,747               -5%
    -----------                                                            -----         -----               ---

    Ask Network                                                              423           378              -11%
    -----------                                                              ---           ---               ---

    AOL, Inc.                                                                241           231               -4%
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"Powered By" Reporting
In June, 69.0 percent of searches carried organic search results from Google, while 27.2 percent of searches were powered by Bing (up 0.2 percentage points).

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