Archive for the ‘Yahoo’ Category

Bing Gains US Market Share In February

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

According to Nielsen’s US search share data for February, Microsoft’s Bing search engine gained 1.6 point of search share during the month. Bing gained a point of market share in the previous and their market share reached 12.5 percent this month. Google’s share was 65.2 percent, 1.1 points of search share less than the previous [...]

Bing Gains Point of US Search Share in January

Friday, February 19th, 2010

According to Nielsen’s US search share data for January Microsoft’s Bing search engine gained a point of search share in January, increasing its share to 10.9 percent. Google’s share was 66.3 percent, a point of search share less than the previous month. Yahoo’s share was 14.5 percent, an increase of a tenth of point over [...]

Yahoo and Microsoft Receive Regulatory Clearance for Search Pact

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Yahoo and Microsoft announced today that they had received regulatory clearance from US and European regulators. Under the pact Microsoft’s Bing search engine will power Yahoo Search and Microsoft’s AdCenter search advertising service will provide search ads to Yahoo Search. The companies had announced the pact in late July and reached a finalized agreement in [...]

Google Increased US Search Share In December

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

According to Nielsen’s December data Google share of US searches was 67.3 percent, an increase of  1.9 percent from the previous month. Yahoo’s share dropped .9 percent to 14.4 percent and Bing’s share dropped .8 percent to 9.9 percent. Nielsen also reported that there were 9.9 billion searches performed during the month.

Yahoo and Microsoft Finalize Search Pact

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Yahoo and Microsoft have finalized their agreement that will have Microsoft provide the search results and advertising for Yahoo Search. The definitive agreement was originally scheduled to be completed in late October and was delayed while details were worked out. The pact will still need to receive regulatory approval before it can begin which the [...]

Yahoo and Microsoft Delay Finalizing Search Pact

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Yahoo and Microsoft have delayed finalization of their agreement that would have Microsoft provide the search results and advertising for Yahoo Search. When the deal was announced in July, the two companies agreed to reach definitive agreement by October 27, 2009. Microsoft said  there are some “issues that need some additional clarity and definitive details” [...]

August U.S. Search Share Results

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Nielsen Online released its rankings of U.S. search share for August, with overall search increasing 49.7 percent year over year to 10.8 billion searches. Google had a year over year increase of 61.3 percent and received 64.6 percent of searches. Yahoo had a year over year increase of 32.3 percent and received 16.0 percent of [...]

July U.S. Search Share Results

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Nielsen Online yesterday its rankings of U.S. search share for July, with overall search increasing 31.4 percent year over year to 10.5 billion searches. Google had a year over year increase of 41.4 percent and received 64.8 percent of searches. Yahoo had a year over year increase of 24 percent and received 17.1 percent of [...]

Google’s U.S. Search Share Reaches New High and Microsoft Reaches 2 Year Low in June

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Nielsen Online yesterday its rankings of U.S. search share for June, with overall search increasing 27.0 percent year over year to 10 billion searches. Google had a year over year increase of 42.1 percent and received 66.1 percent of searches. Google’s had it highest percentage of searches ever, surpassing March of this year when it [...]

Yahoo and Microsoft Reach Search and Ad Deal

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Microsoft and Yahoo today announced they had reached a deal to form a search and advertising partnership.  Under the partnership, Microsoft’s Bing search engine will power Yahoo Search and Microsoft’s AdCenter search advertising service will provide search ads to Yahoo Search for 10 years. The deal increases the reach of Microsoft search engine and search [...]