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Hitwise: Google at 65 Percent of All Searches

Written By
Steve Bryant
Steve Bryant
May 9, 2007
1 minute read
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The latest numbers from Hitwise show that Google is continuing a slow but seemingly inexorable climb in popularity. Google accounted for 65.26 percent of all U.S. searches in the month of April. Yahoo! Search, MSN Search and Ask.com each received 20.73 percent, 8.46 percent and 3.69 percent, respectively.

That’s a 1.13 percent rise for Google over March, and an almost 7 percent increase year-over-year. Yahoo declined about .75 percent since March, and declined 1.5 percent year-over-year. The full breakdown:

Search EngineFeb 07Mar 07April 07Change
Google63.90%64.13%65.26%1.36%
Yahoo21.47%21.26%20.73%-0.74%
MSN8.81%8.55%8.46%-0.35%
Ask3.52%3.48%3.69%0.17%
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