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comScore Releases April 2008 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

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comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. April 2008 saw Americans conduct 10.6 billion core searches, with Google Sites conti… (visit source article)
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