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Much like last week’s report from comScore, Nielsen/NetRatings is reporting that Google’s US search share dropped slightly in July:
Nielsen/NetRatings, an Internet research firm, said Monday Google handled 49.2 percent of the country’s total — about 2.8 billion searches — a slight drop from its 49.4 percent share in June.
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Nielsen/NetRatings reported a slight gain in July for the No. 2 search provider, Yahoo Inc., which inched up to 23.8 percent from 23 percent last month.Microsoft Corp.’s MSN and Time Warner Inc.’s AOL dropped less than a percent, while IAC/Interactive Corp.’s Ask.com edged up under one percent.
Update: Gabriel Madway has more at MarketWatch. Nielsen’s numbers indicate total US searchs were up by 35% from a year ago and while Google and Yahoo more or less kept pace with the growth, MSN Search was down 3% from last year.
September 19th, 2006 at 8:23 PM
[...] After dropping slightly in July, Google’s search US share was up slightly in August: Google Inc.’s share of the 6.5 billion Web searches conducted in the U.S. in August inched up, reversing a loss the company saw in July, according to reports from comScore Networks and Nielsen NetRatings released Tuesday. [...]