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This week's comScore report shows that Yahoo! and Microsoft continued to gain market share against Google
It's a sham -- and comScore knows it. It promises a fix, and it better come soon. The company's credibility is at stake.
Let's take a look at comScore's numbers for June, including the results of IAC's
Company |
June 10 |
May 10 |
---|---|---|
|
62.6% |
63.7% |
Yahoo! |
18.9% |
18.3% |
Bing |
12.7% |
12.1% |
Ask.com |
3.6% |
3.6% |
AOL |
2.2% |
2.3% |
Source: comScore.
The irony here is that apparently Yahoo! and Bing would have gained slivers of market share without the questionable stat-padding trickery. However, one can't read too much into this until a sustainable trend emerges without the contextual smoke and mirrors. Yes, comScore has reported that Google has been losing market share every month since February, but let's see what these numbers really look like once comScore puts the search back in search engine monitoring.
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