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Mobile Search Grew 68% in U.S.; Google Leads Share
Written by Allen Stern - September 15, 2008
comScore has released their latest m:metrics report showing mobile search usage in the U.S. and several countries in Europe. Nearly 10% of mobile subscribers in the U.S. completed a mobile search and the total mobile search usage is up 68% in the U.S. In Europe where mobile usage is further along, usage is up 38%.
For all of the countries in the chart below, Google leads usage of mobile search. In the U.S., 63% of mobile searches use Google while 34% use Yahoo. In Germany, 85% use Google and in France 62% use Google. Spain and France were the only countries that had near 10% MSN search usage.
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No surprise here. You can expect Google to solidify it's domination in the search market and expand its reach into mobile search, especially with the introduction of its own mobile device.
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