Google's Stock, UK Search Shares Rise

Google is having quite a day. The company has been initiated into the S&P 100, and its stock is very close to hitting the $500 mark (may, in fact, hit it before I finish this article). There is also news that Google is "winning" the "UK search battle," with a year-on-year share increase of nine percent.

Veronique De Freitas reported on the latest figures from Hitwise UK, writing, "Google accounted for 78 per cent of all UK searches last month, a nine percent increase over the previous year, while Yahoo took second place with just 7.7 per cent." What little was left of the UK search market was generally spread between Microsoft and Ask. "Google, Yahoo, MSN and Ask collectively accounted for 96.6 per cent of all UK internet searches last month," the WebUser article continued. Heather Hopkins, vice president of Hitwise's UK Research branch, commented on the findings. "Google and Yahoo! Search in particular are seeing strong growth in their share of the UK search market and their share of referrals to online retailers," she told here. Tag: Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Furl Bookmark Murdok: Doug is a staff writer for Murdok for the latest eBusiness news.