Yahoo search is serving 20% less searches from a year ago, according to Hitwise. Google accounted for 72.74% of all US searches during the month of April, up from 67.93% a year ago. Ask and Msn Live also saw drops of 5 and 9% respectively.
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Percentage of U.S. Searches |
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| Domain |
April 2008 |
April 2009 |
Year-over-year percent change |
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67.93% |
72.74% |
7% |
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| Yahoo |
20.29% |
16.27% |
-20% |
| Msn |
6.27%* |
5.68%* |
-9% |
| Ask |
4.17% |
3.95% |
-5% |
| Note: Data is based on four-week rolling periods (ending April 25, 2009; March 28, 2009; and April 26, 2008) from the Hitwise sample of 10 million U.S. Internet users. | |||
| Source: Hitwise, an Experian company | |||