Most Popular Websites

“And the winner is …” Here is a list of the most popular websites as at February 2009.

1)   Google … anyone surprised?

2)   Yahoo! Mail

3)   Yahoo! … yup, still a player

4)   My Space … or lost in space

5)   Facebook … and growing

6)   Windows Live Mail

7)   eBay

8)   Yahoo! Search … heard that name before?

9)   MSN

10) YouTube … everyone been here!

11) Gmail

12) Google Image Search

13) Wikipedia … one of Bicks favourites

14) AOL Mail … remember those disks?

15) Craig’s List … single handedly changed the newspaper business

16) Pogo … what?

17) My Yahoo!

18) MSN Search

19) Yahoo! News

20) Amazon.com … or amazing dot com

You’ll note that search plays a huge part in the make up of this list, Google, Yahoo, Google Image Search and MSN. As I’ve written previously, SEARCH plays a significant role in the online experience. These results are constantly changing and on the move. You’ll note that since this information was posted, both Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have made significant upside swings.

And the winner is Google …  click here for Alexa’s list.

Michael Bickerton, Raven5 Ltd, July 2010