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April 2012 US Search Market Share Report: Bing up, Google up, Yahoo down
For the first time in months, the usual market share trends changed for Google and for Yahoo!. Google increased its share for the first time since December 2011...
March 2012 US Search Market Share Report
The share trends among the top 3 engines continued this month, with slight market share increases for Bing and Yahoo! Bing Powered engines (Bing and Yahoo!)...
February 2012 US Search Market Share Report
Even with leap day, overall search activity declined nearly 7% across all the engines. The overall picture and trends remain the same – Google Powered engines...
msnNOW Finds Popularity with Younger Audience and May Drive Growth for Bing
Image from: mnsNOW Late last Wednesday on 2/15/12 Microsoft launched their newest addition to its MSN services, called msnNOW. This service enables people to get...
January 2012 US Search Market Share Report
Both Bing and Yahoo gained market share this month, while Google’s share declined. The overall picture and trends remain the same – Google Powered engines...
Bing Is #2 and “Bing Is For #Doing”
Image from: Smart Boy Designs Bing ended 2011 as the second largest search engine in the US. While Google is still the top used search engine for core web searches,...
September 2011 US Search Market Share Report
As with any major web usage and activity online, there are seasonal trends that occur within search. Summer vacations, back-to-school shopping, big news and events,...
August 2011 US Search Market Share Report
As search marketing and the major search engines continue to evolve, Compete is continually refining its query measurement methodology to ensure we are in alignment...
Why Marketers Should Care About Annoying Facebook “Friends”
We all know by now – Facebook, widespread as it is and rich in consumer data as it is, cannot be ignored as a marketing and advertising channel – paid, owned,...
May 2011 Search Market Share Report
Search query volume across the 5 engines picked up slightly in May (up 2.5% from April), driving small shifts in search market share. Google’s share of the...
