Web search engines are designed to allow us to search for the information that we need on the web. The results that you get are known as search results and they appear to you in the form of lines on what is called search engine results pages. The results that appear to you include images, web pages, videos and different types of files that help you to get the information that you are looking for. The information that is presented by search engines and the results that appear to you on the search engine results pages are always updated to present to you real-time information which is accurate and to keep pace with the latest changes in the world. There are some search engines which are ranked as the most popular on the World Wide Web in terms of the number of searchers or unique visitors to the search engine. Take a look at the following search engines to know which one is ranked as the most popular in 2014.
10. DuckDuckGo
It is an internet search engine that was launched in September 2008 and was created by Gabriel Weinberg. It protects your privacy and does not track you. The number of unique visitors to this search engine is estimated to be about 13,000,000 per month.
9. Info.com
It is a metasearch engine that is based in London, United Kingdom and depends on other leading search engines for presenting the needed results. Unique visitors to this search engine are estimated to be approximately 13,500,000 per month.
8. Infospace.com
It was founded in March 1996 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, United States. It offers metasearch and private-label internet search services. The monthly unique visitors to this search engine are about 24,000,000.
7. MyWebSearch.com
It is ranked by Alexa Internet as the 73rd on its list of the most popular websites. The number of unique visitors to MyWebSearch.com is estimated to be nearly 60,000,000 per month.
6. WebCrawler.com
It is a metasearch engine that was launched in April 1994 and provides you with the top search results that can be found on Yahoo! Search and Google Search. Monthly unique visitors to WebCrawler.com are estimated to be approximately 65,000,000.
It offers quick links to different popular sites including Twitter, Facebook, Hotmail, Yahoo, eBay, Amazon, Pinterest, and LinkedIn. Monthly unique visitors to Aol Search.com are estimated to be about 75,000,000.
It is a web search engine that is mainly based on asking and answering questions. It was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Oakland, California, United States. The number of unique visitors to Ask.com is estimated to be approximately 145,000,000 per month.
3. Yahoo! Search
It is a web search engine that was launched in March 1995 and is owned by Yahoo Inc. It is available in 40 languages and the number of unique visitors that it has is estimated to be nearly 300,000,000 per month.
2. Bing.com
It is a famous web search engine that was formerly known as MSN Search, Live Search and Windows Live Search. It was created by Microsoft and was launched in June 2009. It is available in 40 languages and the number of monthly unique visitors to Bing.com is estimated to be about 350,000,000.
It is widely known as the most famous and most used web search engine in the world as you can rarely find someone who does not use it. It is owned by Google Inc. and was launched in September 1997. Google search is available in 123 languages and the number of unique visitors to this unique search engine is estimated to be about 1.100.000.000 per month.
