Microsoft Core Search Query Volume Rebounds
Microsoft, which saw its total core search engine query volume drop 4% month-over-month in November 2010, rebounded strongly in December 2010 with a 9% gain, according to new comScore qSearch data. Microsoft’s core search queries grew from about 2.01 billion to 2.18 billion, placing it third overall. Overall, Americans conducted about 18.2 billion total core [...]
Google Gains Search Ground
Google gained ground in its dominance of the US explicit and total core search markets in September 2010, according to monthly comScore qSearch analysis. Google Takes Larger Share of Explicit Core Search Google Sites held 66.1% of the US explicit core search market (which measures user engagement with a search service with the intent to [...]
Google nabs patent to monitor your cursor movements
Google has been awarded a patent for displaying search results based on how you move your mouse cursor on the screen. While it sounds initially bizarre, Google’s plans are to monitor the movements of the cursor, such as when a user hovers over a certain ad or link to read a tooltip, and then provide [...]
March 2010 Search Rankings Change Little from February
Americans’ usage preference for online search engines changed little between February and March 2010, according to The Nielsen Company. Google Search Maintains Dominance Google Search maintained its comfortable lead in search engine usage during March 2010, with 6.39 billion searches, or 65.7% of 9.72 billion total searches. Yahoo Search came in a distant second with [...]
