Google Now Controls Over 70% of All Search Engine Queries, MSN Dips to 5%

Google continued to grab U.S. Internet search market share at a record pace in July, with Microsoft's MSN search engine the biggest loser over the past year and a half, according to data from Hitwise. Google accounted for 70.77 percent of all online search engine queries in the U.S. for the four weeks ending July 26, Hitwise said Tuesday. The figure is Google's 10th consecutive record high in monthly search share, and shows strong improvement over the 64.35 percent share it took in July of last year and 63.06 percent in January 2007. Microsoft's MSN search, by contrast, has taken the worst hit over the past 19 months. MSN accounted for just 5.36 percent of all U.S. Internet search in July, down from 8.79 percent in the same month last year and nearly half the 10.35 percent share MSN held in January, 2007. The decline in U.S. search share may be one reason Microsoft was so keen to acquire Yahoo's search technology. Google accounted for 70.77 percent of all online search engine queries in the U.S. for the four weeks ending July 26, Hitwise said Tuesday. The figure is Google's 10th consecutive record high in monthly search share, and shows strong improvement over the 64.35 percent share it took in July of last year and 63.06 percent in January 2007. Microsoft's MSN search, by contrast, has taken the worst hit over the past 19 months. MSN accounted for just 5.36 percent of all U.S. Internet search in July, down from 8.79 percent in the same month last year and nearly half the 10.35 percent share MSN held in January, 2007. The decline in U.S. search share may be one reason Microsoft was so keen to acquire Yahoo's search technology.
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