When monthly figures get released and Google’s search share has dropped it always seems alarming at first. Every search engine specialist in the world scrambles to see the graphs and analyse the figures. Changes in search share can affect the way an internet advertising agency maps out its strategy. At first the month of June seemed like cause for concern. But don’t be fooled by statistics because they are often misleading, as we can see below.
According to comscore.com figures for June, both Yahoo and Bing have increased their share.
Search Share Figures June 2010.
- Google: 62.6% – down 1.1 points from 63.7% in May
- Yahoo: 18.9% – up 0.6 points from 18.3% in May
- Bing: 12.7% – up 0.6 points from 12.1% in May
- Ask: 3.6% – unchanged
- AOL: 2.2% – down 0.1 points from 2.3% in May
However, have a look at the overall search volume and you will see a completely different picture Read more