- Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) slice of the U.S. search market, excluding mobile devices, fell to 75.3% last month from 77.5% in November, while Yahoo's (YHOO) share jumped to 10% from 8%, according to analytics firm StatCounter.
- The changes were spurred by a deal in November where Yahoo replaced Google as the default search engine on Firefox browsers in the U.S.
- Google is also facing potentially larger losses on mobile devices amid reports that Apple is considering dropping it as the default search provider on its Safari browser.