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[[AltaVista]] was a popular early search engine in 1995, but its slow speed caused it to lose out to [[Google]], which would retrieve information almost instantaneously based on presorted techniques.

[[AltaVista]] was a popular early search engine in 1995, but its slow speed caused it to lose out to [[Google]], which would retrieve information almost instantaneously based on presorted techniques.

In the December 2008 Nielsen Online rankings, Google had over 62% of the search [[traffic]] on the Internet, and [[Yahoo!]] is a distant second. Google, Yahoo and AOL all showed good year-on-year growth, with [[Microsoft]]'s  MSN/Live Search being the biggest loser.<ref>http://searchenginewatch.com/3632382</ref>

In the December 2008 Nielsen Online rankings, Google had over 62% of the search [[traffic]] on the [[Internet]], and [[Yahoo!]] is a distant second. Google, Yahoo and AOL all showed good year-on-year growth, with [[Microsoft]]'s  MSN/Live Search being the biggest loser.<ref>http://searchenginewatch.com/3632382</ref> Other new search engines have been developed as well, such as Microsoft's [[Bing]], and another site called [[Duck Duck Go]], each with an aim to compete against the other larger, more well-known information retrieval sites.

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