Google, Yahoo Gain Market Share; MSFT, Ask.com Decline

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007;
-- Andy Beal |

According to new comScore data, both Google and Yahoo have something to celebrate today, they each gained search engine market share - Google up 0.4% to 47.4%; Yahoo up 0.3% to 28.5%.

Bad news for Microsoft and Ask, they both slid this time around. It was only yesterday that we reported on MSFT’s search engine woes, now they’ve dropped half a point to 10.5%. Meanwhile, Ask.com can’t afford any dips, it it wants to gain ground on the others. A slide of 0.1% is not a catastrophe, but doesn’t help either.

One Response to “Google, Yahoo Gain Market Share; MSFT, Ask.com Decline”

  1. sitebuddy.info Says:

    [...] CNET reports Microsoft is not happy with their recent loss of search engine market share. “On the search side you are correct we lost market share,” Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell said in response to an analyst’s question on the company’s earnings conference call. He said he is “clearly not happy with that.” [...]

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