Google Surpasses Yahoo As The Most-Visited U.S. Website

According to the comScore report, Google sites were 1st with 141 million visitors in April, while Yahoo! ranked 2nd with 140.6 million visitors. In 3rd were Microsoft sites with 121.2 million visitors.

In the report, Jack Flanagan, executive vice president of comScore Media Metrix said:

"April was a very active month. Google took the top property position, thanks to continued search growth and rapid growth at YouTube. The significant traffic growth at tax sites, which began in January, reached a crescendo by the tax filing deadline on April 15 as taxpayers sought information, forms, and online filing facilities. The return of the network television programs after the writers strike sent fans to a variety of sites to get information on their favorite shows, catch up on episodes they may have missed, get refreshed on plotlines, and to stream new episodes."

Interesting comment on the tax sites. IRS.gov saw a 35% jump from March to April with 23.4 million visitors, and ranked 34th overall. Intuit jumped 11% to 13.3 million visitors, while TaxACT drew 5.2 million visitors and H&R Block attracted 4.2 million visitors.

Source: By Tech Ex