One in 5 U.S. adults surveyed said they would planned to own a tablet by 2014, giving Apple, Android and the latecomers plenty of time to duke it out over market share. – The market carved out by Apple’s iPad has a bright
future, as 1 in 5 American Adults plan to own a tablet computer by 2014, according
to a survey of 2,288 participants from Fuze Box and Harris Interactive.
Market researcher Harris conducted the survey online Nov.
10 through Nov. 12 on behalf of …
Microsoft Bing and Yahoo’s search engines notched nearly 25 percent of U.S. search queries through their first week of integration, HitWise said. Google grabbed 71.6 percent share. – Microsoft Bing and Yahoo’s search engines combined for nearly 25 percent of U.S.
search queries through their first full week of integration, according to
market researcher HitWise.
Google logged 71.6 percent of all U.S.
searches in the four weeks of August, up from 71.4 percent through July.
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Google held its 66 percent U.S. market share through June. Yahoo and Microsoft Bing notched 16.7 percent and 11 percent, according to adjusted numbers from comScore. Financial analysts question comScore’s search metrics. – Google retained its 66 percent U.S. market share through
June, while Yahoo and Microsoft Bing notched 16.7 percent and 11 percent,
respectively, according to adjusted numbers from market researcher comScore.
Search share didn’t change much when comScore July 12 stripped
away quot;contextually d…
Google grabbed 66.4 percent of the search engine market through May, according to statistical adjustments from comScore. The market researcher said that Yahoo’s search share for the month was 16.6 percent, while Bing’s share was 10.8 percent. Those numbers account for the subtraction of contextual shortcuts and slideshows. Without the adjustments, comScore puts Google’s search share at 63.7 percent, Yahoo at 18.3 percent and Bing at 12.1 percent, which means the search engine has gained 4 percentage points since launching in June 2009. – Google grabbed 66.4 percent of the search engine market through May, its
greatest share ever, according to adjustments made by comScore.
The market researcher, whose methodology for calculating search engine
metrics is being questioned by industry watchers, said that Yahoo’s search
share for the…
Microsoft’s Bing search engine commanded almost 11.7 percent of U.S. searches in March, up from 11.5 percent share in February, comScore said. Google’s search share slipped to 65.1 percent through March from 65.5 percent in February. Yahoo stopped the bleeding a bit, notching 16.89 percent of searches in March, up slightly from 16.81 in February. Since Microsoft rolled out Bing in June 2009, the service has gradually tacked on 3.7 percent market share gain, gaining more share than Yahoo has lost.
– Microsoft’s Bing search engine commanded nearly 11.7 percent of U.S.
searches in March, up from 11.5 percent share in February, according to the latest
comScore figures.
Google’s leading search share slipped to 65.1 percent through March from
65.5 percent in February, the market researcher said….
A nationwide survey by Synovate finds online forum users are more likely to post reviews, share links, organize offline meetups and proactively recommend a purchase.
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According to a nationwide survey conducted November 19-23
by market researcher Synovate for PostRelease, a firm specializing in online
forum advertising, consumers who contribute to online forums are “overwhelmingly
more engaged” in influential activities – both online and offline…
A nationwide survey by Synovate finds online forum users are more likely to post reviews, share links, organize offline meetups and proactively recommend a purchase.
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According to a nationwide survey conducted Nov. 19-23
by market researcher Synovate for PostRelease, a firm specializing in online
forum advertising, consumers who contribute to online forums are “overwhelmingly
more engaged” in influential activities – both online and offline – t…
comScore said Dec. 15 that Google and Microsoft Bing saw their U.S. search engine market shares rise while Yahoo’s plot continued to fall through November 2009. Google’s share rose to 65.6 percent for the month, while Bing easily crossed double digits to 10.3 percent. Yahoo dropped to 17.5 percent from 18 percent in October and 20.4 percent in November 2008. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said Google’s new real-time search results effort would not impact the company’s revenue in the near term, noting that monetizing real-time search presents an interesting challenge.
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Google and Microsoft Bing saw their U.S. search engine
market shares rise while Yahoo’s plot continued to fall through November 2009,
according to statistics comScore released Dec. 15.
The market researcher found that Google’s share rose to
65.6 percent for the month, from 65.4 per…
There is life in virtual reality after all
REMEMBER Second Life, the virtual world that was supposed to become almost as important as the first one? Now populated by no more than 84,000 avatars at a time, it has turned out to be a prime example of how short-lived internet fads can be. Yet if many adults seem to have given up on virtual worlds, those that cater to children and teenagers are thriving. Several have even found a way to make money.
In America, nearly 10m children and teenagers visit virtual worlds regularly, estimates eMarketer, a market researcher—a number the firm expects to increase to 15m by 2013. As of January, there were 112 virtual worlds designed for under-18s with another 81 in development, according to Engage Digital Media, a market research firm. …
