Google Loses Search Market Share

Holy, moley, I thought it’d never happen. Google actually had a bad month, at least according to Compete.
The latest search engine market share numbers for June have been released by Compete, and they show Google losing over four percentage points, almost entirely to Microsoft. Microsoft’s Windows Live Search is running a very successful Search Club promotion (more on that at InsideMicrosoft shortly), and it’s costing Google and giving Microsoft a huge shot in the arm. According to Compete, Google dropped from 67% of the market to 62.7% from May to June, a drop larger than Ask.com’s entire market share.
While Compete is gaining in reputation, I’d still wait to see the numbers from the big three established players of Hitwise, Nielsen and ComScore. If they all show a similar drop, then Google’s got a real problem on its hands. No one has been able to crack […]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg