Microsoft and Yahoo together have 30% of search market in the U.S.

According to a study by Experian Hitwise,Microsoft's search engine, Bing, increased itsmarket share by 6% to 14.32% in the month ofMarch in the United States, while Yahoo Searchrose 5% to 15, 69%. Together, they currentlyrepresent 30.01% of the search market in that country.

Google is, however, saw an overall drop of 3% inmarket share, declining from 66.69% recorded in February to 64.42% in March. Accumulated fromAugust 2010 to March 2011, the drop was evengreater, about 10%. At the time, Google had71.59% of that market, while Bing had only 9.87%.

However, despite the Bing and Yahoo haveincreased their holdings, Google is still the undisputed leader. Also, recently added newfeatures to its search engine to strengthen itsleadership as the button "+1", and the ability for users to remove the search results.