Google still maintains lead in searches
January 22nd, 2006
The latest study shows that Google is still in the lead when it comes to searches preformed in the U.S. with 39.8% of the market followed by Yahoo with 29.5%. MSN is slowly creeping up with a meagre 14.2%. The fourth and fifth places are held by The Time Warner Network and Ask Jeeves, with 8.7% and 6.5% respectively. While Google holds the largest share, they are quickly loosing ground to competitors compared to 2005.
Our prediction at WMG is that within six months of the release of Windows Vista, MSN will gain at least 5% of the search market, and within twelve months that number will climb as high as 9%. It’s likely that Yahoo will make a 3-4% gain over the same time period.
