Google Subdomains Vs. Google.com

Google may be almighty on its core business, Google.com, but how are the Google subdomains performing? According to Hitwise, the expected big hits of Google subdomains Google Base and Google Finance have not been doing so well as destinations. Here are the 20 most visited Google properties:

1. Google (79.98%)
2. Google Image Search (9.54%)
3. Google Mail (5.51%)
4. Google News (1.49%)
5. Google Maps (0.82%)
6. Froogle (0.46%)
7. Google Video Search (0.45%)
8. Google Groups (0.43%)
9. Google Scholar (0.27%)
10. Google Book Search (0.25%)
11. Google Earth (0.22%)
12. Google Desktop Search (0.18%)
13. Google Directory (0.10%)
14. Google Answers (0.09%)
15. Google Adwords (0.07%)
16. Google Local (0.05%)
17. Google Finance (0.03%)
18. Google Calendar (0.01%)
19. Google Talk (0.01%)
20. Google Labs (0.01%)

Google Base fails to make the top 20, while Google Finance is trailing far behind Yahoo! Finance. According to Hitwise, Yahoo! Finance is the most visited financial news and information website with 35% of all visits in the business information category in May. MSN Money ranked second with 13%, followed by CNN Money. Google Finance ranked number 42 in the same category.

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