Microsoft ahead of Yahoo, Google and Facebook

Good news for Microsoft in the middle of an increasingly tight competition in the Internet world. Because according to data from comScore, this software company to be the ruler over the amount of time a user spent on the site for the month of September 2009.

Data from comScore World Metrix service revealed that Microsoft’s site over 15% of time spent online for Internet users around the world. Companies based in Redmond is also frustrate Google and Yahoo in the second and third positions.

So how is Facebook? The most popular networking site is in fourth place. But they still deserve rejoice because of rapid growth occurs where users spend 1.4 billion hours on Facebook, up 193% from the previous year period.

Windows Live Messenger so Microsoft’s mainstay in reaching his victory, because the most interesting access time, ie by 70%. While access to Google’s much helped by a visit to YouTube.

Microsoft noted in the area led Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. While in North America, Yahoo is successful leader.

“At the moment the U.S. economy had grown from a recession, many multinational corporations shifted the focus of its growth strategy into emerging markets and the Internet plays an important role in that strategy,” said comScore Media Metrix EVP, Jack Flanagan about the benefits of this research.