Google's US search share at lowest point in two years

Wednesday, September 14 2011

Google’s US search market share slipped below 65% for the first time in two years, according to the latest ComScore monthly statistics.

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Google slipped from 65.1% on July to 64.8% in August – its lowest share since September 2009.

The decline was matched by Bing’s growth, which climbed from 14.4% to 14.7% month on month, while Yahoo was up from 16.1% to 16.3%.

Total searches in the US was at 17.1bn. Google’s total increased by 1% to 11bn, with Yahoo and Bing up the same to 2.7bn and 2.5bn respectively.