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businessinsider.com - 2/18/2009

Yahoo Search Share Rises Again...And Google Falls!

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Last month we reported a potentially important change in search-market share trends: After years of steady decline, Yahoo's domestic share numbers (YHOO) had increased for five months in a row .  Well, the good news continued in January, with Yahoo's share jumping a half-point to 21%, per ...

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