Study Sees Openings for Google Competitors

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NEW YORK While Google retains a sizable lead in the search market, the Mountain View, Calif., search giant is vulnerable to user defections to alternative search engines offered by Yahoo and Microsoft, according to a study.

Nielsen//NetRatings said its Internet user data showed Google far outpacing Yahoo and MSN. In January, Google handled 47 percent of Internet searches, compared to 21 percent for Yahoo and 13 percent for MSN.

Fifty-eight percent of Google users, however, also use the search engines of Google rivals Yahoo and MSN.



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