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U.S. web searches grow 3% in April, led by Google

Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) continued to lead the pack in web search throughout April, as web searches in the U.S. increased by 3% from the same month in 2008. Of all U.S. web searches in April, 64% happened on Google websites, while Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) raked up just over 20% and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) just over 8%.

The question will be raised yet again -- can Yahoo! or Microsoft compete with Google in web search? Yahoo!'s 20.4 share is nothing to sneeze at, but when the top spot has over three times that share, there are strategies to consider. As in, is it worth competing?

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