Google Gets Monopolistic, Eyes 90% Of UK Search Market
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Google increases its market share in the UK by 10 points in one year while rivals experienced a slump. Market analyst Hitwise revealed that the market share of searches by Google UK grew by 10 points to reach 87.30%, all in the course on one year. The revelation of search market share is important as it shows which search engine is more favorable for selling advertisements. Google UK’s closest rival Yahoo UK fell by 8.6 percent to 4 percent; Microsoft also...
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