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Google Extend Search Engine Lead in US Market, Reaches 70 percent

Google Extend Search Engine Lead in US Market, Reaches 70 percent

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Google has breached the 70 percent mark in terms of queries entered by the US web searchers. According to a four-week study from Hitwise that ended on 26 July, the search engine behemoth grabbed a whopping 70.77 percent US search market share, followed by Yahoo with 18.65 percent. MSN Search from Microsoft, turned out to be the biggest loser, as its share has dropped down to a minimal 5.36 percent, which was 8.79 percent for the same period in 2007. Yahoo also...



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