DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
Google Inc. (GOOG) continued to dominate the global search
market in July, with a 68% market share, according to a monthly
survey by comScore Inc. (SCOR).
The survey also showed a total of 113.69 billion searches were
conducted last month, a 41% jump from a year earlier.
Google searches jumped 58% to 76.68 billion, according to the
research group's data. Far behind were Yahoo Inc. (YHOO), No. 2
with a 7.8% share, and Chinese search engine Baidu Inc. (BIDU),
with a 7% share.
Microsoft Corp (MSFT), which launched its Bing search engine in
June, posted a 41% increase to 3.32 billion searches.
Among the top 10, Russian search engine Yandex (YDX.YY) grew at
the fastest rate, 94%. AOL, which is being spun off by Time Warner
Inc. (TWX), was the only one in the top 10 to show a decline -
11%.
Europe had the highest share of searches at 32%, followed by
Asia Pacific with 31% and North America at 22%. Latin America
showed the heaviest search use per person with an average of 130
searches, followed by Europe with 117 and North America at 111.
-By Kathy Shwiff, Dow Jones Newswires; 212-416-2357;
Kathy.Shwiff@dowjones.com