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July's search market share reported by Nielsen//NetRatings pegs Google at just under 50 percent, given their methodology; the top five looked the same as those featured in comScore's report on search share in the US as well.

The Nielsen/NetRatings organization, long known and prized for its ratings systems announced a new way to track ratings and figuring in the folks who toss their cookies. They've been testing the method in the U.S. and using it in Australia and Italy.