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Re: [Rival] Microsoft Continues Drop to Oblivion Among Search Engines

__/ [ ed ] on Tuesday 22 May 2007 22:28 \__

> On 22 May 2007 13:34:18 -0700
> "nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> On May 22, 1:16 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> > Study: Google Market Share Up in April
>> >
>> > ,----[ Quote ]
>> > | MSN, which is owned by Microsoft Corp., lost market share, to 9
>> > percent | from 10.1 percent.
>> > `----
>> >
>> > http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070521/netratings_search_share.html?.v=1
>> >
>> 
>> This is really bad news for Microsoft.  They lost more than 10% of
>> their already slim market share in a month.  Google gained at the
>> expense of both MS and Yahoo, mostly MS.  Of course it could be a
>> temporary fluctuation, but if it continues, a 1.1% loss every month
>> would wipe them out in less than a year.
> 
> their search is rubbish anyway.

Even Yahoo has gained. Apparently, low use of Vista/IE7 means that the
toolbar/search bar trick does not work for Microsoft. There have already
been complaints about many attempts to integrate their desktop and programs
with MSN/Live.

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