{"id":24439,"date":"2024-05-05T14:38:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T14:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/?p=24439"},"modified":"2024-05-05T14:38:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T14:38:37","slug":"googles-huge-search-market-share-loss-wasnt-real-data-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afreeurl.com\/?p=24439","title":{"rendered":"Google&#8217;s Huge Search Market Share Loss Wasn&#8217;t Real: Data Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Statcounter has reviewed data that shows Google took a big hit in its search market share in April, while Microsoft Bing and Yahoo made ridiculous gains. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Inaccurate data.<\/strong> For US search market share in April, here&#8217;s what Statcounter was showing just a few days ago:<\/p>\n<p>Google fell to 77.52%, from 86.94% in March and from 88.88% year-on-year (y-o-y).  Microsoft Bing grew to 13.05% in April, up from 8.04% in March and 6.43% year-over-year.  Yahoo grew to 7.3%, up from 2.48% in March and from 2.33% year-over-year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Revised data.<\/strong> Here are the revised statistics for April in the US <\/p>\n<p>Google fell to 86.58%, down from 86.94% in March and 88.88% year-over-year.  Microsoft Bing grew to 8.24%, up from 8.04% in March and 6.43% year-over-year.  Yahoo grew to 2.59%, from 2.48% in March and from 2.33% year-to-date.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Google is falling.<\/strong> While not as dramatic a drop as Statcounter first reported, Google has been steadily losing US search market share since August 2023, when it was 89.03%.  Google&#8217;s highest search market share in the past 12 months was 89.1% in May 2023. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Worldwide.<\/strong> Google has a 90.91% search market share, according to data reviewed by Statcounter.  This is down from 91.38% in March and 92.82% year-on-year.  Google&#8217;s highest search market share in the last 12 months globally was 93.11% last May.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft Bing is at 3.64%, up from 2.76% year-over-year.  Yahoo is at 1.13%, up from 1.11% year-to-date.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Still reviewing.<\/strong> However, Statcounter is still reviewing its search data for April 2024, according to a popup on its chart. <\/p>\n<p>According to Statcounter, this data could change even more in the next 40 days when its quality assurance review and testing period ends.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No comments.<\/strong> Since I acknowledged the problem via email, I have yet to receive a response from Statcounter.  I&#8217;ll add a comment if\/when they provide one about what happened to their April data.  To be fair, it&#8217;s the weekend, so I plan to follow up again tomorrow (Monday).<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBggKMLXKIzD8vAQ?hl=en-US&#038;gl=US&#038;ceid=US%3Aen\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"opens in a new tab\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Add Search Engine Land to your Google News feed.    <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"pb-1\">New in Search Engine Land<\/p>\n<p>About the author<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle avatar-border\" alt=\"Danny Goodwin\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2022\/01\/danny-goodwin-search-engine-land-senior-editor-338x338.jpg.webp\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tDanny Goodwin has been the editor-in-chief of Search Engine Land &#038; Search Marketing Expo &#8211; SMX since 2022. He joined Search Engine Land in 2022 as a senior editor.  In addition to reporting on the latest search marketing news, he manages Search Engine Land&#8217;s Subject Matter Expert (SME) program.  Also helps schedule US SMX events. <\/p>\n<p>Goodwin has been editing and writing about the latest developments and trends in search and digital marketing since 2007. He was previously executive editor of Search Engine Journal (2017-2022), editor-in-chief of Momentology (2014-2016), and editor from Search.  Engine Watch (from 2007 to 2014).  He has spoken at numerous major search conferences and virtual events, and has brought his expertise to bear in a wide range of publications and podcasts.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/googles-huge-search-market-share-loss-wasnt-real-data-revised-440191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statcounter has reviewed data that shows Google took a big hit in its search market share in April, while Microsoft Bing and Yahoo made ridiculous gains. Inaccurate data. For US search market share in April, here&#8217;s what Statcounter was showing just a few days ago: Google fell to 77.52%, from 86.94% in March and from 88.88% year-on-year (y-o-y). Microsoft Bing grew to 13.05% in April, up from 8.04% in March and 6.43% year-over-year. 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