GOOG Google: Share gains continue for GOOG, Yahoo maintains market share - Bear Stearns (387.17 )
Bear Stearns notes that ComScore released the U.S. qSearch data for May yesterday afternoon. GOOG's domestic mkt share in May increased to 44.1% from 43.1% in April and from 37.5% in May 2005. The mkt share gains came mainly at the expense of AOL and Ask.com, while MSN and YHOO held steady at 12.9% and 28% mkt share, respectively. With two months of solid market share gains under its belt, firm believes that GOOG could likely post impressive results in Q2.