Yahoo! and Google continues to be experiencing an increase in their search engine market share with 10.77% and 67.49% market share, respectively. Bing, on the other hand, experienced a small decrease and now standing at 10.67% market share. However, in comparison to 2014, Bing has lost nearly double their search engine market share. We saw several changes with Google and Bing this month. With Yahoo! releasing new features near the end of September, we may see a rise in their search engine market share next month. Source: Net Market Share
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