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May 25, 2007 4:04 PM PDT

Google search juggernaut pushes forward

by Elinor Mills

Google search just keeps getting more popular. That's according to the latest comScore figures, which show that Google captured 49.7 percent of the U.S. search market in April. That's up 1.4 share points from the previous month.

Meanwhile, Yahoo held its second-place spot with 26.8 percent of the search market share. The figures show that Microsoft had 10.3 percent, the Ask network 5.1 percent and Time Warner's network, which includes AOL, 5 percent.

Google was the only month-over-month gainer, and AOL was flat. "Google's share gain came at the expense of almost all top search sites, and Yahoo took the largest hit," Bear Stearns analyst Robert Peck noted in a research note Friday. Google also leads the pack on searches per searcher per month--31 on average, which Google claims indicates "mind share," Peck said.

Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service, and the Associated Press. E-mail Elinor.
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Google monopoly
by dburdon May 26, 2007 7:19 AM PDT
I guess a seminal moment will be when Google reaches 50%. In the UK, however, Google is fast approaching 80%.

Time for a credible competitor to emerge?
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this is a bit weird
by home_slice May 29, 2007 7:33 AM PDT
okay the whole girl eating the computer i dont get honestly.
lol
and i am wondering if that is real blood too
cause if so thats gross
and yeah well i like have a ipod nano by apple
is that the same thing as imac?
j/w
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