According to information posted by Bambi Francisco at Market Watch, Google Inc. remains the public’s favorite place to find answers online as the pace of its search-query volume more than doubled the growth rate for overall search-query volume in February.
Google’s search-query volume rose 29.4% last month, nearly three times as fast as the 11% growth for the industry, according to comScore Networks. The rise in searches enabled Google to capture 42.3% of the market for all searches, up from a third a year ago.
Importantly, Google appears to be gaining ground at the expense of juggernauts Yahoo and MSN.Yahoo’s market share dipped to 27.6% from 31%, and MSN dropped to 13.5% from 16.3%.
