Yahoo and Microsoft show strong growth in October
by Andrew Redfern @ 27th November 2008 6:30 pm
zdNet are reporting stronger than expected performances from the number two and three search engines Yahoo and Microsoft. comScore has released figures from October and it shows a 6% growth in the US search sector.



Of the 2.6 billion searches were conducted at home, work and universities Google swallowed up 63%, Yahoo had 20.5% and Microsoft 8.5%. The number of Yahoo searches was up by 9% on the previous month and Microsoft’s figure was up 8% on September.
Overall the total search figure was up 7% so Yahoo and Microsoft have increased their market share whilst Google’s has stayed steady. The main loser was AOL which saw a decline of 2%.
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