New York
– Google (NASD: GOOG) and Microsoft’s (NASD: MSFT) Bing both lost a bit of search engine market share
during the month of March, while Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) gained 3% and IAC’s (NASD: IACI) Ask.com saw its
fourth straight monthly increase, according to data from market research firm
Experian Hitwise.
Google’s share of the total U.S. search market was down 1% to
69.97% in March, while Yahoo stands at 15.04% and Bing at 9.62%.
Ask.com’s
share of the market was up 21% in March, to 3.44% of the search market.
The
figures are based on Hitwise’s sample of 10 million U.S. Internet users.
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http://www.hitwise.com/us/press-center/press-releases/google-searches-mar-10