Microsoft’s Bing gained a single point of market share in July, bringing its total to 9.41 percent, according to a new report by StatCounter. The recent partnership deal between Microsoft and Yahoo has given both companies hope that they can challenge Google, which currently holds a double-digit lead in the search market. Under the terms of the partnership, Bing will power search on Yahoo sites, while Yahoo takes over worldwide sales duties for the companies search advertisers.
– Microsofts
share of the U.S. search market increased to 9.41 percent in July 2009, a rise
of 1 percentage point, according to research firm StatCounter. At the same time,
Googles share of the U.S. market slipped during the same period to 77.54
percent, down by nearly a point, while Yahoo decline…