Google retains US Internet search share in July

Google’s share of U.S. Internet searches was essentially flat at 71.4% in the four weeks ended Aug. 1 from a month earlier, according to new research.

based on a sample of 10 million US Internet users.
Among the top four categories, Bing notched strong growth across the board from a year ago, while Google’s searches grew for automotive, shopping and travel, but fell 4% for health.
Yahoo’s searches declined for all four categories, HitwiseExperian Hitwise reports that Yahoo and Microsoft’s Bing received market share of about 14.4% and 9.9%, respectively.
Those figures were also little changed from the prior month.
IAC/InteractiveCorp.’s Ask.com received a 2.3% share of all U.S. searches, up about 6% from the prior month.
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