Search engines 'not as popular as porn' - ZDNet UK News

Search engines 'not as popular as porn' - ZDNet UK News Search engines 'not as popular as porn' Reuters June 04, 2004, 12:55 BST Online porn sites attract three times as much traffic as top search engines, according to a Web statistics firm Online porn sites get about three times more visits than the top Web search engines, including market leader Google, a research firm says. Visits to the top three Web search engines -- which virtually dominate their sector -- accounted for 5.5 percent of all Internet visits by US users during the week ending May 29, said Hitwise, a California-based company that tracks such activity.