Google Loses Market Share in July, Yahoo and MSN Gain
The monthly number of internet searches in July
2005 reached an astounding 4.8 billion, a 22% increase over the number of
searches conducted in July 2004. To the delight of Google’s competition,
Google lost a portion of its market share. ComScore Media Metrix reported that
Google’s market share dropped to 36.5% while both MSN and Yahoo improved.
MSN saw the largest increase in search frequency in having 744 million domestic
searches, a 30% increase over July 2004. As a result MSN’s market share
increased to 15.5%.
Posted: Tue - August 23, 2005 at 07:32 AM