Google Pulls Further Ahead of Yahoo, MSN

Still the query king: research form comScore says Google's Internet search has increased its lead over Yahoo and MSN by another six percent.

Data released from market research firm comScore today show Internet search giant Google has gained an additional 6 percent share of the U.S. search market, based on the total number of search queries submitted to popular search engines. The increase brings Google’s share of the search market to 42.3 percent in February, up from 36.3 percent a year ago, widening the company’s lead over rivals MSN and Yahoo.

Yahoo and MSN both saw declines in search market share. Yahoo dropped from 31.1 percent a year ago to 27.6 percent, while Microsoft’s MSN fell from 16.3 percent to 13.5 percent. Ask.com