The Dynamics of Competition in the Internet Search Engine Market

Neil Gandal

Working Papers from Tel Aviv

Abstract: Search engines hold the key to helping consumers access the wealth of information on the web. In this paper, I examine the evolution of and competition in the internet search engine market. I find that while early entrants (Yahoo, Lycos, Excite, Infoseek, and Altavista) still have an advantage, this advantage has been declining significantly over time. The success of a wave of recent new entrants suggests that entry barriers are sill quite low in the internet search engine market.

Keywords: COMPUTERS; TECHNOLOGY; COMPETITION (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D40 L86 L96 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17 pages
Date: 2000
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