About page<\/a>: <\/p>\nBased on this explanation, it’s entirely possible that at some point in the next 45 days Statcounter’s search market share data could change. <\/p>\n
Why we care.<\/strong> My first thought after seeing these numbers was: they seem wrong<\/em>. User behavior doesn’t change this rapidly. While SEOs and others have been heavily critical of Google over the past few years, often with good reason, I’ve never seen market share figures swing like this in one month unless there was a change to how the data was collected or there is some sort of issue with the data.<\/p>\nWhat Statcounter is saying. <\/strong>I’ve emailed the company to get some insight into whether these numbers are accurate. I’m told their staff is “checking things out.”<\/p>\n
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