In no shock to anyone, Google once again was the giant among search sites, as it took a 58. 5 percent share of the search market in October in the United States. According to Internet ranking site ComScore, Google gained 1.5 share points versus the previous month. Yahoo sites ranked second with 22.9 percent, followed by Microsoft sites (9.7 percent), Ask Network (4.7 percent) and Time Warner Network (4.2 percent). October saw a 12 percent increase versus September in Americans searching online, bringing the total number of searches to 10.5 billion with the core search engines.