Top 10 Search Engines In 2017

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We know that the majority of people are not tech-savvy and unable to reap the most from the web, so they prefer search engines first while landing on the Internet. The common/lay people never like to know and use multiple search engines. Instead, they stick with one or two search engines only when they find following attributes in a search engine of choice.

1. Relevancy: The search engine produces the most relevant results
2. User-friendly UI: Uncluttered and easy to read/comprehend user interface
3. Advanced Features: More options to widen or tighten the search results as per needs

Top 10 Search Engines

Let’s check which search engine is meeting our ideal criteria and makes sense for us.

1. Google

It is the most favorite and king of search engines in the present era. It was launched on 15^th September 1997 and its some facts are:

• 3 billion searches per day
• 6×10⁸ unique visitors per month
• 5 Billion Active Users
• Supports 123 languages of world
• 64% US market share
• Programming languages used: C, C++, Python
• Revenue sources: Google AdWords
• Alexa Rank: 1
• eBizMBA Rank: 1
• Compete Rank: 1
• Quantcast Rank: 1

 

2. Bing

It is the second most popular search engine of the day and its origin is in MSN, a previous search engine of Microsoft Inc. its facts are:

• It was launched in 2009
• Its current market share is 20% at the expense of Yahoo! Search and Google
• 400 million unique visitors per month
• Available in 40 languages of world
• Programming languages used: ASP.NET
• Revenue sources: Online Ads
• Touted as a decision engine by offering suggestions in the leftmost column
• Famous for higher success rate compared to Google and others
• Offers various search options like ‘wiki’ suggestions, ‘visual search,’ and ‘related ‘
• Alexa Rank: 22
• eBizMBA Rank: 15
• Compete Rank: 5
• Quantcast Rank: 19

 

3. Yahoo! Search

It is third top search engines in the US when ranked by the query volume and launched on 2^nd March 1995 by Yahoo! Corporation. It has some distinguish facts:

• Its current market share is 12.8%
• 300 million unique visitors per month
• Available in 40 languages of world
• Programming Languages used: PHP
• Revenue sources: Online Ads
• It is heaven for beginners on the web
• Offers various things apart from searches like a news aggregator, a shopping center, an email box, a travel directory, a horoscope and games center
• Alexa Rank: 26
• eBizMBA Rank: 18
• Compete Rank: 8
• Quantcast Rank: 28

 

4. Ask

It is famously known as Ask Jeeves. Fundamentally, it is a Q-A focused online portal with immense search engine capacities. Therefore, it has earned prestige as a search engine in the US and elsewhere. It was founded in 1996 and available only in English as a sole language.

• 245 million unique visitors per month
• Alexa Rank: 31
• eBizMBA Rank: 25
• Compete Rank: 14
• Quantcast Rank: 31

 

5. AOL

It is a short form of America On-Line (AOL) and a subsidiary of Verizon Communications, a multinational mass media corporation in New York – USA. It is among the top 10 search engines in the world.

• 125 million unique visitors per month
• Alexa Rank: 51
• eBizMBA Rank: 245
• Compete Rank: 250
• Quantcast Rank: 240

 

6. Baidu

It is king in search engines of China by query volume and ranking 4^th position in Alexa Rank. It supports query of multimedia content like images, audios, and videos apart from textual content. It is said that Chinese people dislike Google and use Baidu instead or other search engines.  

7. DuckDuckGo

• It mimics Google in appearance but differs in many respects
• It has a slick feature ‘zero-click’ information where you can get all answers on a single and first result page
• Fewer Ad spams compared to Google
• Offers disambiguation prompts to clarify the query further
• It promotes privacy of searchers strictly and avoid filter bubble of personalized SERPs
• 13 million unique visitors per month
• Alexa Rank: 629
• eBizMBA Rank: 1,605
• Compete Rank: 1,898
• Quantcast Rank: 2,290

 

8. Yandex

Just like Baidu in China, Yandex is enjoying a top most position in Russian peninsula. It is run by Yandex NV, a multination tech company in Russia. It has 60% market share in Russia and also operates in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Turkey. It was founded in 1997 and progressively working on advanced search algorithm suitable to the Russian needs. It has grabbed an Alexa Rank of 24.  

9. Wolframalpha

Wolfram Alpha is famously known as a computational knowledge Engine among the search engines by being an answer engine. It was founded in 2009 by Wolfram Research, so its name is derived from its founder Stephen Wolfram, just by adding Alpha in it. It is not providing a list of web pages or docs in SERPs. Instead, it answers fact-based queries directly using computing abilities of the “Curated Data” of the search engine. It enjoys an Alexa Rank of 1932 as of March 2015.  

10. ChaCha

The human-guided search engines are providing answers in real-time and spontaneously through the web or mobile app routes. Therefore, ChaCha is grabbing attentions of searchers who are on the go or need results in mobile devices. It simply needs to type the query in its search bar, and results come in real-time. Besides being a search engine, it is delivering mobile and marketing services. It has an Alexa Rank of 1192.  

Conclusion:

Now, we are accustomed to the Top Search Engines of the world and their significance in our life as well as professions. Search engine optimization is an effective technique to earn high ranking in the SERPs of eminent search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo! If you are interested in grabbing the web traffic through organic SEO techniques, you need to have an experienced SEO team with proven results. Addon Solutions has such SEO, SMO, and Internet Marketing professionals to help you achieve your marketing targets besides website development.