Andrew Watson

2009 saw continued market dominance by Google to over an 85% share of the UK search engine market. Microsoft relaunched it’s browser as Bing, combining MSN and Live… and possibly Yahoo in 2010? Ask is there somewhere, but seemed to take the brunt of Google and Microsoft’s battle.

November 2009 – UK Search Engine Market Share

• Google 92.03%
• Yahoo 3.19%
• Bing (MSN & Live) 2.91%
• Ask 0.85%
• Other 1.03%

September 2009 – UK Search Engine Market Share

• Google 91.74%
• Yahoo 3.59%
• Bing (MSN & Live) 2.63%
• Ask 0.84%
• Other 1.21%

July 2009 – UK Search Engine Market Share

• Google 90.61%
• Yahoo 4.47%
• Bing (MSN & Live) 2.78%
• Ask 0.86%
• Other 1.29%

May 2009 – UK Search Engine Market Share

• Google 90.74%
• Yahoo 4.3%
• MSN & Live 2.75%
• Other 2.22%

March 2009 – UK Search Engine Market Share

• Google 89.49%
• Yahoo 4.61%
• MSN & Live 3.28%
• Other 2.62%

January 2009 – UK Search Engine Market Share