Google's U.S. search share edges upward

United States Internet users conducted 2 percent fewer searches in October 2008 than the year earlier, but used Google more often for those searches. The total number of searches decreased 2 percent to 7.78 billion for the U.S., Nielsen said. Google's searches increased 8.1 percent to 4.76 billion for the month, giving the company a 61.2 percent share of the market.