Google expands search lead -- Google handled 43.1 percent of searches conducted by U.S. residents in April, up from 36.5 percent in April 2005 -- By Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service via INfoworld (May 22)
The others try but Google keeps drawing in searchers. comScore Networks in surveying US users found that Google received 43.1 % of all searches.
Market Share Statistics for April 2006
+ Google 43.1%
+ Yahoo 28 down from 30.1%
+ MSN 12.9 down from 16.1%
+ AOL 6.9 down from 9%
+ Ask 5.8 down from 6.1%
"While it increases its dominance in the search engine space, Google is attempting to make inroads into the Web portal turf of Yahoo and Microsoft's MSN unit by offering services such as Web mail, blogging, photo sharing, RSS (Really Simple Syndication) reader, online calendar and instant messaging."
Posted by Gwen at May 23, 2006 11:40 AM