Google regained some of its recent losses in search market share according to the April statistics just released by Experian Hitwise.

The company says Google held 71.4% of the market during April, up from 69.97% in March. Yahoo and Bing saw slight drops in market share between March and April. Here’s the chart:

As far as Hitwise tracking goes, this represents the end of a three-month slide for Google. Its share peaked at 72.25% in December, then declined slightly in January (71.49%), February (70.95%), and March (69.97%).

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