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Re: Google rules search in December; Bing drops

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____/ Mark Kent on Monday 18 Jan 2010 16:09 : \____

> 
> 
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>
>>
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>> ____/ nessuno on Thursday 14 Jan 2010 19:06 : \____
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>>> On Jan 14, 12:22 pm, bbgruff <bbgr...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> nessuno wrote:
>>>> > <Quote>
>>>> > Google's lead over the competition grew in December from November. The
>>>> > company's November market share was 65.4 percent, while Yahoo's search
>>>> > share in November was 15.3 percent. It's also worth noting that Bing
>>>> > dropped significantly in December from its 10.7 percent market share
>>>> > in November.
>>>> > </Quote>
>>>>
>>>> >http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10434099-17.html
>>>>
>>>> A word of warning - I believe these figures to be for the U.S. only.
>>>> Following up the links, we find, "The Nielsen Company today reported
>>>> December 2009 data for the top U.S. Search Providers"
>>>>
>>>> Worldwide, we are looking at something like:-
>>>>
>>>> Google 85% to over 90% Depending on source)
>>>> Yahoo 3% to 6%
>>>> Bing just over 3%
>>> 
>>> Right, this is important.  Microsoft is strongest in the US,
>>> understandably.
>>> 
>>> Google's moves vis-a-vis China may hurt them.  There was an
>>> interesting article in the Wall Street Journal about the debate at the
>>> top over what to do about the Chinese situation.  According to the
>>> article, Brin was strongest in advocating a position based on the
>>> morality of abetting censorship.  He apparently is influenced by his
>>> experience with censorship in the Soviet Union when he was younger.
>>
>> Experience? I think he was 5. Could he read?
>>
> 
> Perhaps not, but I suspect he has close family who have been providing
> him with information regarding his, and their, earlier years since then.

Yes, he used to talk about his parents' ordeals.

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