Search Market Share 2008: Google Grew, Yahoo & Microsoft Dropped & Stabilized

Danny Sullivan over at Search Engine Land has posted some new search engine market share figures…Google gained another 6% in search market share in 2008!  What? Are you surprised?

What’s even more interesting is that Google’s profits are rising as well, even in this bad economy.  Microsoft, which has never ever had massive layoffs in it’s history is laying off 5000 employees and Google actually posted an increase in profits in the last quarter of 08. Amazing.

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Search Market Share 2008: Google Grew, Yahoo & Microsoft Dropped & Stabilized