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Can you believe it? Yahoo! is beating Google in search engine market share!
No, this is not some cruel prank, its true… well in Japan at least! Based on comScore’s latest data, Yahoo! sites hold a 51.3% share of all searches conducted in Japan, while Google is significantly weaker with a 38.2% share. Actually, Google have dropped…
The search numbers for November 2008 have been released after a large amount of search activity during the month. Overall search queries rose as a result of the U.S. elections and financial crisis, while Google’s search share climbed even higher to a record 70.8%.
As we’ve seen in previous years, this also means that other search sites dropped…
A new report just released by Efficient Frontier has shown that Google continues in its dominance over Yahoo! and MSN with Google now holding 77.4% of the search ad market.
For every new dollar spent on search ads in 2008 over 2007, Google received $1.10; while Yahoo lost $0.09 and Microsoft lost $0.01.
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In recent research from Hitwise that may surprise some (and perhaps not others), it appears that properties owned by Yahoo! actually receive more traffic from Google rather than from Yahoo! Search.
Here’s how much traffic each Yahoo! property receives from both Google and Yahoo! Search as per the Hitwise data:
Yahoo! Answers…
Google really is the world’s biggest search engine! This fact has been further cemented by recent statistics released by ComScore showing that Google commanded 79% of searches across Europe in March 2008.
There seems to be no threat to Google by Yahoo and Microsoft in Europe as they currently hold fourth and fifth place…
Its official: there was an eruption of search volume last month!
March saw the biggest month-over-month increase in total search volume since July 2007 with total queries increasing over 6% and surpassing the 9 billion mark according to Compete.com.
What is surprising however is that Google was the underperformer this time, with its market share…
Search engine giant Google just keeps getting more and more popular.
The latest figures from Hitwise, which tracks search market share, show Google with a record 66 percent share of Web searches in the United States for December 2007.
Google had just over 63 percent share for the same period a year ago,…