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Google's US Search Share Up, Yahoo and Microsoft Down.

HappyAndyK   on 20 March 2008 - 21:29 · 6 comments & 4798 views

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Google continued to increase its share of the U.S. search market in February, widening the gap that Microsoft hopes to fill by buying Yahoo.

In February, Google's share of core searches by U.S. Internet users rose to 59.2 percent, up from 58.5 percent in January, according to figures from market research company comScore.

During the same period, Yahoo's share slipped to 21.6 percent, from 22.2 percent a month earlier, while Microsoft's share slipped to 9.6 percent from 9.8 percent.

AOL is clinging to a 4.9 percent share, while Ask saw its share rise slightly to 4.6 percent from 4.5 percent in January. Worldwide, the number three search engine is China's Baidu.com, behind Google and Yahoo but ahead of Microsoft's MSN-Windows Live.

Link: WashingtonPost

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#1 Chrono951 on 20 Mar 2008 - 22:32
This isn't really surprising. I can now see however, why Microsoft is so desperate.
#2 Lasker on 20 Mar 2008 - 22:51
Google FTW!!!
#3 Jugalator on 21 Mar 2008 - 00:11
Surprised it's just at 59.2%
#4 eAi on 21 Mar 2008 - 00:13
I can't see Microsoft or Yahoo getting market share back from Google in any significant way, unless Google does something terrible. What we might see is someone inventing a new search engine that is, in some way, completely different but better...
#5 PGHammer on 24 Mar 2008 - 03:34
And just how many of these Google users are deliberately trying to poison the well? I'm not saying that *all* of them are; however, it is known indeed that a Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo simply doesn't play well with some (for whatever reason, regardless of whether said reason makes any sense), so there could be a deliberate poisoning of click-stats. On the other hand, I'm a shareholder of both (and not a large shareholder, either), so I'm primarily in favor of this deal. (I also use both IM clients, and my primary Web browser, IE, has Yahoo! as its homepage (Yahoo! is also my default search engine); so I lose only if Yahoo! tanks.) Also, how many individuals use Google simply because it *isn't* Yahoo! or Microsoft?
#6 C_Guy on 25 Mar 2008 - 14:39
Take THAT, privacy advocates!

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