Google is still the undisputed king of the U.S. search market, but the latest numbers from comScore Networks show the combination of Microsoft and Yahoo closing the gap by 0.7 percentage points last month.
Bing and Yahoo each rose 0.2 percent, to 14.1 percent and 15.9 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, Google slipped 0.3 percent, to 65.4 percent, according to the research firm. Microsoft powers Yahoo’s search results in the U.S. under a partnership between the companies, although they have delayed the rollout in international markets due to challenges with Microsoft’s ad system.
Here’s the key chart from comScore …
