Microsoft’s Bing accounted for 5.25 percent of all U.S. searches for the month of June, according to the latest data from Hitwise.
Google continued to hold on to its dominant position growing 7 percent year-over- year capturing 74.04 percent of the U.S. search market for the month.
Yahoo landed in the second position with 16.19 percent of the search market, but saw its growth drop 17 percent year-over-year, while Ask received 3.15 percent of searches with its growth slipping 22 percent year-over-year.
Social Networks Still Unheard Of In Many Quarters
It seems that a surprising number of people couldn’t care less about Facebook, MySpace, and other social networks with hundreds of millions of users. Namely because, according to new statistics from Synovate, a whole lot of people are completely unfamiliar with social networking.
HP To Terminate 10% of Staff Over Next Six Quarters
HP is cutting jobs as part of its new program to save money and simplify the structure of the business. 10% of the company’s full-time staff will be let go.
Yahoo Opens Euro-Quarters In Dublin
According to FT.com, Yahoo, attracted by Ireland’s low corporate tax rate of 12.5 per cent and availability of data centers, has set up European operations in Dublin.