Analysts: Microsoft struggling in online business services

Analysts: Microsoft struggling in online business services

Heather Bellini, an analyst with UBS Investment Research has stated in a report that software giant Microsoft has been struggling to compete against companies like Google with their online services.

This is despite the fact that Microsoft has said that they would eventually trump Google to be number one in online search revenue.

Google is currently the market leader when it comes to generating revenues from online advertising and search based revenues.

The research analyst added that Microsoft is actually losing ground against competitors Google and Yahoo Inc. Microsoft is struggling with its massively redesigned Live search engine.

Research reports have claimed that Google has enhanced their market share in search segment from 56 percent to 65 percent between August 2005 and December 2006. Microsoft’s share in comparison declined from 11 percent to 8 percent.