Google Has Largest Share of U.S. Searches as Microsoft Gains, Yahoo Slips

Google Inc. (GOOG) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) gained share in the U.S. online search market in March while that of Yahoo! Inc. declined, according to an analyst, citing data from ComScore Inc. (SCOR)

Google had 65.7 percent of searches last month, an increase from 65.4 percent in February, Heath Terry, an analyst at Canaccord Genuity in New York, wrote in a note, citing data from Reston, Virginia-based ComScore. Microsoft's Bing search engine had 13.9 percent, up from 13.6 percent. Yahoo's share slipped to 15.7 percent, from 16.1 percent.

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