Google's share of the worldwide Web search market fell slightly in February--to 62.8 percent from 63.1 percent the month before--along with a dip at Yahoo, according to ComScore figures reported by Reuters on Wednesday.
Yahoo's global market share was down to 11.9 percent from 12.2 percent; China's Baidu dropped to 4.5 percent from 4.6 percent, and Microsoft's share was flat at 3.1 percent, according to figures Reuters got from an unnamed Wall Street analyst.
In the United States, meanwhile, Google's search share rose to 59.2 percent in February from 58.5 percent in January, according to ComScore figures for the United States that were released later on Wednesday.
Yahoo's U.S. share slipped to 21.6 percent from 22.2 percent and Microsoft's share was down to 9.6 percent from 9.8 percent in January. AOL remained flat at 4.9 percent and Ask.com went from 4.5 percent to 4.6 percent.
This article was first published as a blog on CNET News.com.
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