The numbers are out, and Bing is barely making a dent in Google’s hefty lead, it seems, despite widespread anticipation.
According to the numbers from comscore, Google is not a bit off track for the year, despite predictions that Bing would derail the search giant.
Google Sites led the U.S. core search market in December with 65.7 percent of the searches conducted, followed by Yahoo! Sites (17.3 percent), and Microsoft Sites (10.7 percent). Ask Network captured 3.7 percent of the search market, followed by AOL LLC with 2.6 percent.
comScore Core Search Report*
December 2009 vs. November 2009
Total U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore qSearchCore Search Entity Share of Searches (%) Nov-09 Dec-09 Point Change Dec-09 vs. Nov-09 Total Core Search 100.0% 100.0% N/A Google Sites 65.6% 65.7% 0.1 Yahoo! Sites 17.5% 17.3% -0.2 Microsoft Sites 10.3% 10.7% 0.4 Ask Network 3.8% 3.7% -0.1
Bing is killing Yahoo, not Google, and Yahoo has seemed to have bowed out of the search race, preferring to concentrate on news and advertising. If the trend continues, Yahoo and Bing’s positions may be reversed by late this year, and Bing may become more of a contender to Google. Analysts say IAC is a big deal right now due to Ask.com being on the market, however several offers have already been turned down.
In other news, Google is refunding $100 to people who paid $379 for tjhe Nexus, in response to a lot of uproar from people who felt they paid too much for a phone with less than average support. The refund only applied to customers who purchased the phone for $379 with a plan in place from T-Mobile.
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