Search Engine Land reported that Yahoo has seen a big jump in its share of the search market. The deal made in November to replace Google as the default search engine in Firefox 34 has led to a big jump in percentage points.
From the article:
Last month Yahoo announced that it was replacing Google as the default search engine in the next/latest version of Firefox: Firefox 34. That position is now paying dividends for Yahoo according to new data from StatCounter released earlier today.
The analytics firm said that “Yahoo search was used three times more on Firefox 34 than on Firefox 33.” The installed user base of Firefox 34 is low given that it’s new and most users haven’t upgraded. In addition, Firefox’s US market share overall is roughly 15 percent.
StatCounter reported, however, that as a result of the new default relationship with Firefox, Yahoo search share on the browser has grown from 9.6 percent to 29.4 percent. By contrast, Google usage in Firefox 34 has declined to just over 63 percent.
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Your title is very misleading
There share of what, search directly from those using the firefox pre-installed search box?
Side note, anything that takes % from Google is good news
Great find, @Raymond! Wondered what the impact might be! . . . Early results from two weeks are promising! Yahoo Search share should only increase, since, “most users haven’t upgraded,” to 34, according to author Greg Sterling.
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