Comments on: comScore Announces Decline of Google’s Global Share; Then Hides in a Hole

By: Prosperity Writer

Prosperity Writer — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:36:17 +0000

a report like this isn’t exactly helping comscore’s credibility.

and the result? more volatility in Googles stock price.

By: Daan Jansonius

Daan Jansonius — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:18:35 +0000

Thanks for that Andrew. Although I preferred my explanation!

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:01:02 +0000

@Andrew – thanks for the clarification.

By: Andrew Lipsman, comScore

Andrew Lipsman, comScore — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:47:38 +0000

Andy,

I believe the Reuters article was referring to a Wall Street analyst, not an unnamed comScore analyst. In fact, there is not a comScore “analyst who did the research” as you suggest, but rather the data gets released as part of a syndicated monthly report available to subscribers — the same way that the vast majority of our data get released.

We have publicly released our U.S. search figures, as we do each month (http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2119).

We are certainly not hiding from anything and we have complete confidence in our data. In the future, it would be helpful to check our web site to check our official press releases, or to contact us first, before insinuating that we are not being transparent. We have nothing to hide, so why not just ask us?

Andrew Lipsman

By: Daan Jansonius

Daan Jansonius — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:13:07 +0000

Maybe the analyst is related to the teacher from Southpark, Miss Chokesondick

By: Futon-Matt

Futon-Matt — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:18:53 +0000

Maybe Google would have been breaking someones legs.