Global Thoughtz France
February 10th, 2008 by Jody

Google Still Top Search Engine in France

Like many countries in Europe, the most important search engine in France is Google by a rather significant margin.  It is interesting to note that some estimates suggest that Google produces over 80% of all search engine visitors in France.

The French search engine marketing sector is growing very rapidly, but from a much smaller base than say Scandinavia or the United Kingdom.  One of the factors influencing this is that the French had an electronic telephone directory called ‘Minitel’ quite some time before the Internet was being used in other countries.  This delayed the uptake of the web and French search engines putting France behind other major western countries.

However, the use of the internet in France is taking off very rapidly indeed and it’s not a market to be ignored.

The top three International search engines in France are:

Google

MSN / Live Search

Yahoo

Other top search engines in France include:

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