Bing grabs a bigger slice of search market
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The combined market share of both Microsoft and Yahoo in July was 20.36 percent, up slightly from 19.27 percent in June. The commanding lead Google currently has on the market shrank slightly to 77.54 percent in July from 78.48 percent in June.
Microsoft and Yahoo reached a deal last week, with Microsoft powering Yahoo search while Yahoo becomes the exclusive worldwide relationship sales force for both companies' premium search advertisers.
According to StatCounter analysis, worldwide is where the two companies face an even bigger challenge in the search market. In July, Microsoft and Yahoo combined had just 8.77 percent of the global search market, down from 8.45 percent in June. On the other hand, Google still dominates the search market globally with 89.23 percent in July (slightly down from 89.8 percent in June).
StatCounter's data was based on an analysis of one billion search engine referring clicks (of which 258 million were from the US) that were collected in June and July from the company's network of more than three million websites.
This article was originally posted on CNET News.
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This is a bunch of binging crap. I wish some one would bing the hell out of Microsoft for coming up with that binging name of a search engine. I can't stand to binging deal with bing.
*bing*
Neither will ever happen
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I can remember when Google was the underdog to Yahoo. It didn't take them that long to overthrow them.
Here is a MediaPost article (not paid for by MSFT presumably for the GOOG Fanbois...)
Study: Bing's Ad Click-Throughs May Perform Better Than Google's and the site is at:
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=110518
unimpressed. That doesn't mean it's bad, it simply
means that it doesn't inspire me to switch. I'd rather
use the more familiar Google Search as long as it
remains a competitive option.
I suppose you could accuse me of being a Google Fanboy
since moving my company to Apps, but I ultimately want
the best value/service, regardless of who provides it.
For example, Google Apps provides decent e-mail and
portal tools for small businesses at a great price,
but their productivity tools can't touch MS.
I hope MS continues to innovate in the search space
and that they eventually provide a compelling reason
for me to switch.
Michelle
http://www.metrony.com
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