The table provides the total number of US searches in November 2004 and September 2010, while the line chart depicts the percentage of the searches conducted by different search engines in the US from 2004 to 2010.
Looking from a general perspective, it is obvious that the number of searches in the US experienced an upward trajectory, and that Google was the most popular platform for searching information, with the most significant growth rate during the given period.
The total number of searches in the US was fourfold after six years. In November 2004, 4.5 billion searches were conducted in the country. After that, the total number of searches increased dramatically, reaching the number of 16 billion searches in September 2010.
Regarding the search engines used for these searches, nearly one-third of the total searches were conducted by Google in November 2004. This figure rocketed to almost 58% in July 2007 before continuing to increase, to a lesser extent, to reach approximately 68% in September 2010. In contrast, Yahoo’s search percentage witnessed an adverse trend. Although in the first year of the period, the figure for Yahoo was almost the same as that of Google, searches conducted by this engine decreased slightly to around 30% in July 2006. Then, the figure plunged at a greater rate to under 20% in September 2010, despite a marginal recovery between July 2007 and September 2007. The remaining three search engines, namely Microsoft, AOL, and Ask Jeeves, were the least popular in the given period, with the percentage of searches fluctuating slightly between 5% and 15% during the reported time.