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comScore has released its 2007 Internet Yellow Pages market share report showing YellowPages.com barely edging out SuperPages.com for the market leader position in the Internet Yellow Pages market.

The top eight Internet Yellow Pages (IYP) sites in the United States for 2007 and their market share were:

1. Yellowpages.com 20.2%

2. Superpages.com 20.0%

3. Yahoo Sites 17.9%

4. Google Sites 15.1%

5. Yellow Book Network 8.6%

6. Time Warner Network 6.1%

7. Microsoft Sites 4.8%

8. R. H. Donnelley 3.3%

Greg Sterling has also noted how YellowPages.com has entered into a new deal with Microsoft.

Something the comScore report didn’t point out is that by Microsoft acquiring Yahoo, Microhoo! will acquire a market leadership position in the Internet Yellow Pages market vaulting over both YellowPages.com and Superpages.com in one leap.

Provided the market share numbers don’t move much over the next several quarters, Microhoo will have a 22.7% share of the Internet Yellow Pages market.

By Microsoft switching to YellowPages.com, they are simply preparing to strengthen and flesh out their new market position in the Internet Yellow Pages market by further exploiting Yahoo’s existing relationship with AT&T and their ownership of Yellowpages.com

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