July search engine numbers out, Google down, Yahoo! up, Bing more of the same

By on Aug 17, 2010 at 2:31 PM
General August 17, 2010

comScore has released their search engine numbers for July of 2010. The search market share numbers were gathered using a new methodology which only accounted for explicit searches (typing a search query in a text box) as opposed to including automated searches in the results (via hovered text for example). Analysts had predicted that removing automated searches would put a serious dent in Google’s search engine market share, and although the company’s metics did fall, a precipitous decline was not present. Google ended July with a 65.8% piece of the search pie (down from 66.2% in June), Yahoo! increased from 16.7% in June to 17.1% in July, and Bing stayed constant month-over-month at 11.0%. AOL shed a tenth of a percentage point from June to end up with a 2.3% share. All this occurred with a 15% jump in the number of users running search queries from a year prior and an almost 11% increase from June. Anyone recently abandon Google for another search provider? Any pros and cons you’d like to share?

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  • Fightme

    Went to Bing after Google decided to close wireless Net Neutrality. Works just as well. Wonder what to do once MS sides with ATT/Verizon.

    • garrett

      google is taking over the world anyway, may as well just let it happen, they have all the coolest stuff

      • Jarrett

        Exactly! Buzz and Wave just to name two.

      • garrett

        you mean to name the only two that have ever failed? i mean who would mention android, youtube (they didnt create it but they do own it), the original backsearch engine, online docs, the first free mass storage email, picasa, maps, navigation, or blogger, i mean cmon none of that is extremely popular or cool, right?

      • gk

        you mean android that was an acquisition, youtube that was an acquisition, picasa that wasn an acquisition, blogger that was an acquisition. Gmail and maps are two shining stars that still dont make money for google and online docs is where it is.

      • JCZ

        @gk: Dude, I’m pretty sure maps makes them a TON of money. What do you think the point of it is? It’s a visual version of the yellow pages. You look up businesses ALL the time in there. In addition to that, they put an adds on the left bar every time you search for something.

        As far as the other acqusitions, they’ve either made them very popular (android and picassa), or picked pretty good ones to acquire (youtube and blogger). So yeah, I think they have a good track record.

      • modis mo

        Google Maps was from acquisitions as well – Keyhole and Where2 acquired by Google in 2004 and 2005.

      • Robert

        FYI Docs was also a purchase from Writely. Next time you login to docs you’ll see in the url service=writely

      • Jarrett

        If you consider making money the point to success (which businesses happen to do) then some might say that Google’s only successful product is search.

      • mike

        There have been more than two that have failed.. what about Jaiku (which failed miserably at unseating twitter) and Google Video, Catalog Search, Knol, Dodgeball and notebook?

        Every service they embark on is just a means to an end; Advertising and nearly every venture they embark on outside of search and maps either fails or treads water financially with the hope of adding to their future advertising revenue.

        Even the mighty youtube’s best guess in terms of actual top-line revenue are ~$1B and that’s a best case scenario since Google won’t disclose. (Apple does twice that just with half a year’s iPad sales – an apples to oranges comparison.. but one that shows why bringing newer, better products to the market is preferable to simply selling new kinds of advertising)

        Google’s gone from exponential growth in 2006 to very predictable linear and slowing growth as they give away software and services in a land-grab for user data and have been unable to really capitalize on anything outside of their core search business.

      • Jake

        21 new Android phones over 2 years to Verizon alone. That’s not bringing new devices to the market? Androids are outselling iPhones 5 to 1.. your apples to oranges comparison shot you in the foot.

      • Jarrett’s illegitimate son

        Mom hates you.

      • Jeremiah

        I think this is the best comment in history……

    • dude

      i don’t use google because they are out to take over the world and not in your typical evil maniacal way but in a more sadistic and twisted, irobot type of way. not to mention their hypocritical and arbitrary censorship policies.

      • DInc

        @dude

        Kinda like Apple right?

      • JJ

        Lets see wether all the Droids here are still so happy about Google once they do rule the world and everybody has to pay 10$ for an advertising link on Google or for using their Gmail.

  • DInc

    Google FTW.

  • Bing

    Wento Bing, and have never looked back

    • Jon

      The only keeping me on Google is my iGoogle homepage… Microsoft CAPPED the number of RSS feeds I can add… wtf

  • kc

    Google is clearly the best search provider out there. Anyone who thinks that Micrsoft or Yahoo aren’t using the info they gather on their uses is delusional.

    • gk

      just so you know, google said they are using the information and microsoft said they will not use the information. It is not that I believe one or other, atleast they have this as stated goal.

      • JCZ

        They’re trying to get some market share now. Wait a while and everything will be different. Bing doesn’t make any money now. They can’t keep that going on forever.

  • Superman

    Switch from Google? No, I’m not retarded.

    • JJ

      Probably not retarded but economically ignorant. Any monopolist will screw us. No matter wether its Google, Microsoft, Apple or Walmart. Its in our consumers best interest to keep things competetive.

  • adf

    I love how people are trying to make Google the bad guy here, they dont even sell user data as much as yahoo or bing,
    people are stupid, just trying to make a point by switching search engines, really… wow. america is stupider than i thought.
    Google offers the best service IMO, videos, news, images, gmail, and about 400 other services. have fun sucking Microsoft’s nut with bing, useless copy-cat search

    • JJ

      Ah, talking about copy-cat: who is copying iPhones right now?

      • WalterSobchak

        Samsung?

  • Sam

    Google is BEST in the world because more easy for search, image, video…etc.. This is BEST EVER..

    Yahoo same thing..

    Bing kinda of bored because of Microsoft….

    :) have fun :)

  • Jarrett

    Wait a minute. These numbers don’t sound right at all. Google is activating 200,000 Android devices a day right? So how am I suppose to believe that their share of internet search declined in the month. Everyone knows that the phone is the perfect place to do internet searches. With Android it is right there on the home screen.
    I use Google search on my computers and on my iPhone. Daily I probably average 50 search queries on my phone. I can only assume that Android users double that number because they don’t have to engage their browser to do a search.

    • adf

      im pretty sure mobile is separate, actually here you go
      http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/29/google-mobile-search-market-share/
      yeah they pretty much own this section, thats an understatement

    • Versed

      honestly, I think all those stats are within a margin of error, so its more or less stayed the same. People will jump on anything on a slow news day.

    • Ryan

      Aside from Android usage, does this research include Chrome usage? I use the “taskbar search” feature in Chrome 100% of the time.

    • Jarrett’s illegitimate son

      Figure it out pops.

    • WalterSobchak

      I longpress my search button at least 50 times/day. With voice search, no question goes unanswered, it’s like the new Guinness book, really prevents a lot of bar-fights.

      • Jake

        Hilarity. It’s soooo true, though.. except you don’t have to carry a 1500-page, 6″x4″ brick around in your pocket to do it..

        Well, until the DX2 comes out, anyway..

  • http://www.twitter.com/illogikk Kofi A

    had to switch my primary usuage at work… they blocked a lot of google related tools. Bing is the only alternative worth using.

    • AtlHarry

      Why the hell would they do that?!?!?

  • Mike Tyson

    Wolfram Alpha lol

  • Mike Tyson

    Man some people don’t have a sense of humor in here. I get a -1 for a joke?

  • cmoney

    the main problem with this is that all new verizon blackberry’s have a default search engine of BING. So even if someone wants to do a quick search for something their phone, they have to use BING– one of the worst features, i personally think bing mobile sucks

  • TKO

    Where are the AskJeeves metrics?

  • http://www.webhostinglogic.com Hippy Hop

    With almost two thirds of the whole searches, the slight down is un noticeable and would not bring google down. With yahoo on far second, who can say Google is going down? SEO experts based their work using Google not Yahoo and definitely not Bing, now that is a note to ponder upon.

  • Jason

    I switched to bing for all my search bars last week after the google/verizon fiasco.

    • StevenHamburg

      yea stick it to the man! woo! go jason…you are so rad.

      …stupid hippie…

  • zapote21

    So in the millions of searches, Google went down a whopping 0.4%, and you are making it out to be some catastrophic fleeing of Google?? Can you SENSATIONALISM????

    Come on BGR…

    • MadSkillz

      @zapote21

      LOL thats rich. Accusing BGR of sensationalism. Where were you when the very same agency “comScore” last month said RIM lost marketshare in the US at -0.4%. Nobody cried sensationalism. As a matter of fact they comments here claimed RIM was doomed, yes DOOOOMED! LOL

      comScore also said Google Android gained +4% of US market. Nobody cried sensationalism. But now that the very same agency finds a loss in Googles, share of anything, its sensationalism?

      Take a chill pill man. You work for Google or something?

      • MadSkillz

        By the way I mostly use Alta-Vista and enjoy Babel Fish. Though I’ll use Google, Yahoo & Bing from time to time. It all depends what mood I’m in.

  • Arthur P. Johnson

    I considered switching to Bing, and have done so for personal stuff, but for business research, Google is still superior — wish there were a better alternative, but haven’t found one. I started using them WAY back before most people had even heard of them, and have found their search to be consistently more effective for my line of research. I loathe their deal with Verizon, which was plainly and purely about sucking more bucks out of Android at the expense our freedom (in many senses of the word including free speech, freedom of assembly and freedom of the press), so have tried to rum my use of their services to the minimum, but gotta hand it to them — they’re darned good at search.

  • patrick

    Removing automated searches is ridiculous. Just because my search engine has a drop down previous and most likely wanted search result that I choose to tap on doesn’t mean that it is used less.

  • http://www.benjaminmedia.com Ela Dolmajian

    You know.. I never ever leave here feeling like I don’t get enough related information here. I enjoy this page.. ; ). Somebody PLEASE take my pc away!!

  • StevenHamburg

    although that is true, im pretty sure his hate for android doesn’t affect his view on google’s search metrics. at least it shouldn’t.

    and even though 0.4% isn’t much now, if the trend continues (due to a bunch of hippies like jason switching to bing and then claiming it is better although everybody knows that it really is not and that at this moment no one can deliver more accurate results than google…gasp), google might see drops up to 5 or 10%. now that would be a thorn in google’s boot.

  • JJ

    every drop of 0,1% in Googles number will make a lot of companies happy because they dont have to pay a shitload of AD-money to Google. Its time for some serious competition in this market!!

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