Microsoft, Yahoo Take Major Hits in Search Share Rankings as reported by Nielsen Online

The latest Search Share Rankings have been reported and summarized on Search Engine Watch.

Microsoft and Yahoo took a tumble in their year-over-year search share in October 2008, according to Nielsen Online. All searches were down 2%, which is quite surprising considering the election and the economy. Yahoo was down 12% and Microsoft was down 19%. Ask.com took a hit as well with a decrease of 22.9%

Google continues to dominate the search engine industry at a 61.2% market share.

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