Based on a sample of 10 million internet users in the USA, Hitwise just reported that Google's share of the USA internet search market was now 69%. Yahoo's share was 19%, Microsoft's was 5% and Ask's was 4%.
Google had a 60% share in July 2006 and the growth in its share has been consistent since that time, taking search market share from the other three.
Google and Yahoo now have an agreement for Google to provide ads on Yahoo and this agreement is being aggressively contested by Microsoft in hearings in Washington currently. The agreement will not take effect until it has been cleared by the Justice Department.
Since our USA Local Search business directory is mostly found by consumers and businesses on Google searches and is partially funded by Google ads, the outcome of the dispute is meaningful to us.
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