B
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500,000
500,000 -- search user records for AOL search data release (2026)
The released AOL dataset contained search records of over 500,000 users collected over a 3-month period.
- over 500,000 users
- AOL search data used as proxy for Google SERP behavior
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Value
500,000
Unit
Count
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
500,000
Evidence Quality
B
Strong, reliable evidence
Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
AOL
Primary
Tier B
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AOL
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Methodology
AOL accidentally released search logs; used as proxy for Google SERP click behavior
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Industrymarketing
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AOL search data release: 500,000 search user records. Source: AOL (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/aol-search-records-500k-users
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/aol-search-records-500k-users" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>500,000</strong> -- search user records for AOL search data release<br><small>Source: AOL (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/aol-search-records-500k-users" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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