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I'm genuinely surprised that Yahoo tops Google in 2013 and 2010. Especially considering Android, Gmail etc. proliferation on top of it's domination of search

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On top of their long list of Yahoo branded services, consider that they own Tumblr and Flickr.

And Gmail is not nearly as dominant outside of the tech industry as it is within. There are many markets where Gmail is beaten by one or more of Hotmail, Yahoo, and AOL.

This is supposed to be a list of the top "websites". A visit to tumblr.com or to flickr.com should not be counted for yahoo.com. I think the title of the article is probably not accurate.

The article says that it's based on comScore, which groups all properties owned by one company under that company. So really "top web companies."

Still really surprising for me. I would've thought Google search alone would easily outperform all of Yahoo. And then Google also has YouTube, GMail, Maps etc.

I think the comScore data may be biased; IIRC they rely on a toolbar that's installed along with crapware, and so it'll be biased toward users who are willing to put up with crapware.

Google Display Network Ad Planner rates Yahoo 3rd [1] (but does not count itself but does include YouTube so ...)

---- [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_popular_websites

Agreed. It felt more like a Buzzfeed article to be honest. It's not really clear or scientific about it. Firstly it talks about 'top websites' implying individual website rankings worldwide, and then ends up casually showing US rankings with loads of website brands lumped into whatever parent company owned them, ending up with everyone wondering what the hell Glam Media (now Mode Media) is and why it's US only brands. Which is fine, it's just poorly written.

Gmail is the most popular email service. http://www.techspot.com/news/50678-gmail-finally-overtakes-h...

Here's a per domain comparison:

http://www.similarweb.com/global

For the click lazy:

1) Facebook.com

2) Google.com

3) Youtube.com

4) Yahoo.com

5) Live.com

Yeah, I don't understand this. Google owns YouTube also.

I would like to know how they formulate these metrics.

Right by it's not "Which Company Received the Most Web Traffic Across All Domains" it's "Most Popular Websites".

The data is collected from people who think nothing of having intrusive, cycle sucking, third-party toolbars running in their browsers. Probably explains the continued presence of AOL too.

So, the majority of internet users?

Yahoo is huge outside Western countries.

Yahoo is huge in Japan, where it's an entirely separate company, but not really anywhere else. And it's catching up pretty fast in Japan as well (Yahoo 53%, Google 40% and growing).

http://returnonnow.com/internet-marketing-resources/2013-sea...

I think that Android uses the Google Search API, not the actual website, but I could be mistaken.

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