Google Gains In ComScore Changes

window.document.getElementById(‘post-3845’).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;ComScore’s latest search engine market share numbers use a different methodology, one which includes partner sites that use a company’s search technology (such as YouTube, owned by Google). The new number give Google a nice boost and cost Yahoo and Microsoft somepreviously hard-won market share. Here’s the market share comScore reported in June with the old system, and the market share under the new system, plus the new July numbers:

Old 6/07
New 6/07
New 7/07

Google
49.5%
54.9%
55.2%

Yahoo
25.1%
23.8%
23.5%

Microsoft
13.2%
12.2%
12.3%

Ask
5.0%
4.6%
4.7%

Time Warner
4.2%
4.5%
4.4%

You can see how Google gains over five points, Yahoo loses 1.3 percentage points Microsoft loses one, Ask loses a third of a point and Time Warner gains a third. The new system counts the top five search sites, the top fifty sites […]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg