Yahoo Search Market Share Stabilizes In March, ComScore Says

Has Yahoo (YHOO) finally stopped losing share in the U.S. search market?

New data from ComScore shows that Yahoo had 16.9% of the core U.S. search market in March, up from 16.8% in February, but down from 20.5% a year ago. Yahoo’s share had dropped for the previous 13 months in a row.

Meanwhile, Google (GOOG) continued to dominate the market with 65.1% share, down from 65.5% in February, but up from 63.7% a year ago.

Elsewhere:

• Microsoft (MSFT) Bing had 11.7% share, up from 11.5% in February, and up from 8.3% a year ago.
• AOL (AOL) had 2.5% of the market, flat with the previous month,� but down from 3.7% a year ago.
• Ask.com (IACI) had 3.8% share, up from 3.7% a month ago, and flat versus a year ago.