Nielsen/NetRatings reports that US searches grew by 55% to 5.1 billion searches December 2005, with Google growing faster than rivals Yahoo and Microsoft. TechWeb News says:
Among the top three search engines, Google was the only one to gain market share, rising 5.7% year-to-year to 48.8%. No 2 Yahoo Inc, on the other hand, saw its market share dip by 0.3% to 21.4%, while Microsoft Corp's MSN experienced a 3.1% drop to 14%.
In December, searches on Google jumped by 75% to 2.5 billion, Yahoo grew 53% to 1.1 billion and MSN Search by 20% to 553 million.
