| | [[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> Other new search engines have been developed as well, such as Microsoft's [[Bing]] (the alternative to MSN/Live Search), and another [[web site]] called [[Duck Duck Go]]. Each search engines aims to compete against the more commonly used information retrieval sites, and in doing so, they each typically have their own unique driver or capability that others do not offer. | | [[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> Other new search engines have been developed as well, such as Microsoft's [[Bing]] (the alternative to MSN/Live Search), and another [[web site]] called [[Duck Duck Go]]. Each search engines aims to compete against the more commonly used information retrieval sites, and in doing so, they each typically have their own unique driver or capability that others do not offer. |