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Microsoft Corp.’s Bing search engine continued to grow rapidly in August, according to the Neilsen research firm.

But the overwhelming search leader, Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG), also managed to grab more market share.

Neilsen said searches using MSN, Windows Live and Bing grew from 9 percent of the market in July to 10.7 percent in August, an increase of about 22 percent for Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT). Google grew nearly 3 percent to 64.6 percent.

No. 3 Yahoo Inc.’s (NASDAQ:YHOO) market share dropped about 4 percent to 16 percent.

Google: 64.6
Yahoo: 16
Bing: 10.7

When asked about the recession, Jackson added: “A Recession is predominantly for the middle class. Where I come from the majority of people have always lived in a recession.”