Nielsen/NetRatings just released its May marketshare figures for the search market. According to Nielsen, Google pulled in just a little over 49% of last month's searches (down from 49.8% the previous month), or roughly 2.8 billion queries. Yahoo followed with a 22.9% share and 1.3 billion searches. MSN Search, with 600 million searches, lagged in third place with 10.6%.
Total number of searches, however, was up dramatically for all of the top search engines. Yahoo, for example, handled 34% more queries than it did 12 months ago and says the battle for search industry dominance is just getting started. "We're three steps into a marathon," according to Yahoo executive Bradley Horowitz, the company's vice president of product strategy.
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2.8 Billion Searches Conducted on Google in May
Nielsen/NetRatings just released its May marketshare figures for the search market. According to Nielsen, Google pulled in just a little over 49% of last month's searches (down from 49.8% the previous month), or roughly 2.8 billion queries. Yahoo followed with a 22.9% share and 1.3 billion searches. MSN Search, with 600 million searches, lagged in third place with 10.6%.
Total number of searches, however, was up dramatically for all of the top search engines. Yahoo, for example, handled 34% more queries than it did 12 months ago and says the battle for search industry dominance is just getting started. "We're three steps into a marathon," according to Yahoo executive Bradley Horowitz, the company's vice president of product strategy.
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Posted by Melanie Phung