GOOG marketshare

Internet market share – data out from comScore – GOOG gains again in domestic share, but growth decelerates; GOOG posted a solid 20bp gain in market share in Jan ’07 vs. Dec ’06; GOOG grew search queries 44% in Jan, sig. better than industry ღ%, but a sig. deceleration from the ჾ% in Dec ’06. We note this is the first time GOOG’s Y/Y search growth rate dropped <50% since Apr ’06. YHOO posted 40bp shr loss M/M. MSN and AOL posted moderate gains. Overall online search market remains strong.