Google accounted for more than 71% of US searches in September, according to the latest Hitwise survey.

While Google’s market share continues to rise slowly, both Yahoo and Bing lost ground in September — down 3% and 5%, respectively.

Related Topics: Google: Web Search | Microsoft: Bing | Stats: Hitwise | Stats: Popularity | Yahoo: Search

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