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Worldwide, those who think consumers are doing less exploring online had better think again. More than 113 billion searches were conducted in July worldwide, representing a 41% increase year-over-year, according to new data from comScore.Google was responsible for the vast majority of search activity, with 76.7 billion searches conducted in July, which represented a 67.5% market share.

Yahoo ranked second worldwide with 8.9 billion searches, or a 7.8% share — followed closely by Chinese search engine Baidu with 8 billion searches, or a 7% share.