Band 6+: The line graph illustrates the popularity of four major US internet search engines—Google, Yahoo, AOL, and Jeeves—from November 2004 to December 2010, while the table provides data on the number of searches conducted in November 2004 and December 2010.

The line graph demonstrates the percentage of market trends of four US internet search engines (Google, Yahoo, AOL and Jeeves) in the US from November 2004 to December 2010

Overall, Google and AOL witnessed an upward trend in the use of searching among the four engines while Jeeves and Yahoo were fluctuating. Google also dominates the whole chart, compared to other engines

In November 2004, the number of users using the internet for searching was 4.5 billion and this figure went up to 16 billion in December 2010. Google always has the largest proportion of users, which accounts for nearly 60% to 70% after a period of 6 years. Following a similar trend to Google, AOL was not too popular in 2004, however this figure increased slightly by 10%, surpassing Jeeves at the end of 2010

Whereas both Google and AOL went up over years, Jeeves witnessed a downward trend. The percentage of users using this engine was always under 15% and finished at almost 0% in 2010. Another engine, Yahoo was fluctuating between 20% – 40% and remained stable over the years