Google leads in mobile Internet search provider share followed by Yahoo!, together accounting for 79% of the mobile Internet search market.

Top 3 Mobile Internet Search Providers for Q1 2008 by Provider Share
1. Google (61%)
2. Yahoo! (18%)
3. MSN (5%)

More about mobile Google and Yahoo! search users
- Google and Yahoo! mobile search skew male; 65% of Google search users and 63% of Yahoo! searchers are male.

- At 9.0 searches per month, Google users search more frequently than users of any other mobile Internet search provider. Yahoo! is the third most frequently-used provider, with Yahoo! users searching 6.7 times per month.

- Google and Yahoo! mobile searchers seek out the same objectives in nearly equal proportions.

Top 3 Mobile Internet Search Categories for Q1 2008

Google

Yahoo!

Information

33%

33%

Local Listings

29%

24%

Websites/Navigation

27%

26%

- 44% of Google users rate their satisfaction with mobile Internet search between 8 to 10 on a 10-point scale, compared to 40% of Yahoo! searchers.

About Nielsen Mobile

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