Image search is Google's most popular service past search itself
With 9.54% of all visits to Google domains, Google Image search is Goog's most popular service past search itself (that has a whopping 79.98%—it's still all about search for these guys); GMail ranks third with 5.51%.
This is according to Google Properties - Understanding the Breakdown a recent post by Hitwise, an internet-usage analysis firm. Since they started reporting on Google in 2003, Google Images has remained the most popular subdomain past the main Google URL, and image searching itself has grown in overall market share, increasing from .32% of all Internet visits in December 04 to .48% for the week ending May 14, 2006.
When I embarked on Imagery I had no idea about any of this and it makes for a shocking discovery. I always thought of image search as a quaint forgotten feature, which as far as supply goes it is, but its demand is breathtaking. I obviously had no idea what I was getting into, I'm glad.
This is according to Google Properties - Understanding the Breakdown a recent post by Hitwise, an internet-usage analysis firm. Since they started reporting on Google in 2003, Google Images has remained the most popular subdomain past the main Google URL, and image searching itself has grown in overall market share, increasing from .32% of all Internet visits in December 04 to .48% for the week ending May 14, 2006.
When I embarked on Imagery I had no idea about any of this and it makes for a shocking discovery. I always thought of image search as a quaint forgotten feature, which as far as supply goes it is, but its demand is breathtaking. I obviously had no idea what I was getting into, I'm glad.
posted at 12:14 PM Tuesday, July 18, 2006
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