Google U.S. Market Search Share Slipped In June – Forbes

Bear Stearns noted that according to comScore Networks, U.S. Internet search data for June showed that Google’s market share fell slightly as Yahoo! and Microsoft unit MSN both made gains.

Google’s market share of U.S. searches for the month was at 36.9% compared with 37.5% in May, after having an increase of 100 basis points in May. Yahoo! had a 30.4% share, a gain of 23 basis points, and MSN had a share of 15.7%, a gain of 48 basis points.

Bear Stearns noted that Google’s query volume rose 36% year-over-year versus a 28% increase for the industry, outpacing Yahoo!’s 32% increase but trailing MSN’s 42% increase. Sequentially, Google’s query volume declined 6%, which compares with a 4% decline for Yahoo!, a 1% decline for MSN.

“We believe the lower growth rate in searches for Google reflects Google’s search efficiency, returning more relevant results,” Bear Stearns said.

Search engine market shares in June 2005: Google – 36.9%, Yahoo! – 30.4%, MSN – 15.7% by ZDNet‘s ZDNet — Google’s market share of US searches for June 2005 was at 36.9% compared with 37.5% in May 2005. Yahoo! had a 30.4% share, and MSN had a share of 15.7%. Bear Stearns noted that Google’s query volume rose 36% YTY versus a 28% increase for the industry, outpacing Yahoo!’s 32% increase but trailing MSN’s 42% [...]

You can see a detailed graphical breakdown of the Share Of Searches for May 2005 in Danny Sullivan’s article, [Nielsen NetRatings Search Engine Ratings->http://searchenginewatch.com/reports/article.php/2156451].