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In 2024, an increase in users was also observed in other search engines, not just Google. So what are the most popular and best Internet search engines? How do they differ from each other? You will find the answers in the article!
The unrivaled most popular search engine in Poland and in the world (with the exception of two places) is Google. In Q1 2024, 91.5% of all internet users in the world used this search engine.
The popularity of this search engine means that it plays a key role in the positioning of websites on the Internet – after all, this is where most users look for information. In Poland, 86.2% of users used the desktop version of the Google search engine during this period.
Statistics provided by StatCounter show that the position of the Bing search engine , offered by Microsoft, has also recently increased. In Q1 2024, 10.35% of users used the desktop version of this search engine in Poland.
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Share of other internet search engines in desktop:
The DuckDuckGo search engine is also gaining popularity, as it offers privacy to users and does not use tracking codes.
The situation is slightly different in the case of internet search engines for mobile devices. Here, the Google internet search engine has a clear dominance in Poland - the share of users in Q1 2024 was 98.59%!
Share of other internet search engines on mobile devices in Poland:
In turn, the TOP 5 most popular search engines in the world are: Google (91.5%), Bing (3.35%), Yandex (1.75%), Yahoo! (1.09%), Baidu (0.87%). Only in two key places in the world does Google not have monopoly status - in Russia and China. In Russia, the most popular internet search engine is Yandex, while in China - Baidu.
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The history of Google began in 1994 as an initiative of a student project. It was then that two students – Larry Page and Sergey Brin – developed an algorithm known today as PageRank. The undoubted success of Google, which is visible today, results, among other things, from the fact that this search engine has the largest number of indexed pages.
Users’ interest in this search engine also stems from the variety of functions it offers, including graphic and voice search, as well as additional solutions such as:
The search engine itself is very intuitive and easy to use . Additionally, a driving factor among mobile users is the fact that Google solutions are installed by default on Android devices. Google gives you the ability to get search results in the form of music, images or videos.
| Advantages of a search engine | Search engine disadvantages |
| A large number of indexed subpages | Tracking Internet User Behavior, Lack of Privacy |
| Intuitive interface | |
| Additional features and solutions (voice search, Google Ads, Google Analytics, others) |
It is the second most used Internet search engine . Bing, as a solution offered by Microsoft, has built its position precisely thanks to automatic installation on all Windows-based devices. The Edge browser, based on the Bing search engine, is installed by default on all Windows devices.
Although the search engine tries to introduce user-friendly solutions, including image search, it still lags far behind its main competitor. This is due to the fact that the Bing search engine is much less intuitive and, like Google, does not provide privacy to Internet users. In Bing, it is possible to obtain search results in the form of music, images or videos.
In 2023, Bing joined forces with OpenAI , which brought benefits including receiving answers to queries in more natural language for users.
| Advantages of a search engine | Search engine disadvantages |
| Integration with Microsoft services | Non-intuitive |
| Search by image | No privacy |
| OpenAI Integration | No voice search |
This search engine is especially popular in Russia . In the first quarter of 2024, 70.94% of users used the search engine in this country, which resulted in Yandex taking the third place in the most popular search engines in the world. In addition, the search engine is used by Internet users from Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus and Turkey.
Yandex has additional features, such as the ability to get search results in the form of music or movies, as well as a free tool for measuring traffic. In addition, it has some functions similar to the Google search engine , such as Yandex Disk (created for storing files in the cloud and on servers) or a translation and mapping service.
| Advantages of a search engine | Search engine disadvantages |
| Functionally similar to Google | No privacy |
| It has additional functions and solutions, such as image search, a traffic measuring tool - Yandex Metrica or the equivalent of Google Drive - Yandex Disk) | Limited market – the search engine is popular in specific places around the world |
It is one of the oldest search engines, whose position is decreasing year by year. Although its history, like Google, began in 1994, Yahoo! cannot enjoy even half as much success. Interestingly, the search engine is quite popular in Japan (12.27% of users use it). Yahoo! is also used by users in the United States (2.3%).
Yahoo! offers a number of additional solutions, such as Yahoo! Mail (e-mail box), Yahoo! News (world news) and Yahoo! Groups – a space created for online discussions.
The search engine's shortcomings certainly include the lack of innovation , which significantly lowers its position compared to its competitors. Due to the lack of innovation, the search engine's algorithms are also too unadvanced compared to its competitors.
| Advantages of a search engine | Search engine disadvantages |
| Integration with the entire Yahoo! system (mail, news, weather, groups) | Lack of innovation |
| Overly simplified algorithms | |
| Technological obsolescence | |
| No privacy |
This is a Chinese search engine created in 2000, which dominates in the People's Republic of China. Its share of user searches increased especially after 2010, when the Google search engine was blocked in that country. This was due, among other things, to Google's failure to comply with the requirements imposed by the Chinese government related to censoring search results. Users usually use the Google search engine using VPN, and this share is 4.75%.
Features available on Baidu include the ability to search by image and voice, as well as additional features including:
In addition, Baidu offers, among others, a translation function and a mapping and navigation service.
| Advantages of a search engine | Search engine disadvantages |
| Search by image and voice | Available only on the Chinese market |
| Additional functionalities, including Baidu Zhidao and Baidu Tieba | Censorship |
| No privacy |
Internet search engines are one of the most important tools of the modern Internet - for users, they are the basic solution for searching for information, and for service providers, they are the opportunity to reach these users with their offers.