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Google Sees Biggest Search Traffic Drop Since 2009 As Yahoo Gains Ground

Posted by Soulskill on from the and-we're-back dept.

helix2301 writes: Google's grip on the Internet search market loosened in December, as the search engine saw its largest drop since 2009. That loss was Yahoo's gain, as the Marissa Mayer-helmed company added almost 2% from November to December to bring its market share back into double digits. Google's lead remains overwhelming, with just more than three-quarters of search, according to SatCounter Global Stats. Microsoft's Bing gained some momentum to take 12.5% of the market. Yahoo now has 10.4%. All other search engines combined to take 1.9%.

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  1. Thank the Mozilla Foundation by DrunkenTerror · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Thank you Mozilla!

  2. Firefox? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    Yahoo as the default search engine will likely be the nail in the coffin for Firefox. I hope it was worth the money.

  3. Re:Microsoft pays people to use Bing! by davydagger · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Microsoft knows how to market to one type of person and one type of person only, the corporate purchasing manager. Both at OEMs, and at large corporations. Thats the only type of person who likes microsoft. Everyone else uses their products begrungingly. The word "Windows" in correlation to phone operating system is such a toxic brand name, I am damn supprised MS has continued to make windows phones. You couldn't put a gun to someone's head and make them use a windows phone, of which they had a 5 year head start on blackberry and apple, and still lost.

    The only brand MS has that people don't hate is X-Box, and thats runs a giant loss for the company.