Google maintains stronghold in search
Google Inc. grew its U.S. market share in April, according to data from market research company NetRatings Inc. In April, Google fulfilled 55.2 percent of all Internet search queries in the U.S., up from 53.7 percent in March. Yahoo Inc. was the second leading search provider, growing its market share to 21.9 percent from 21.8 percent in March. MSN, owned by Microsoft Corp., lost market share, to 9 percent from 10.1 percent.









[...] Nielsen/NetRatings earlier this week unveiled May 2007 data for top U.S search providers. To no one’s surprise Google maintained a comfortable lead over its competitors. It accounted for over 4 billion search queries, far outpacing Yahoo, who came in at just over 1.5 billion. Google held 56.3% of the search market share for May, slightly up from its 55.2% share last month. [...]
By Google continues to dominate Web searches | 901am on June 22, 2007 1:15 pm