Posted in 09/24/2009 ¬ 9:50 pmh.
Since Bing’s debut in July, it continues to gain market share slowly. In August, Bing gained 0.4% of the search market, to achieve 9.3% of total search query volumes in the U.S. In the same month, Google’s market shared dropped by one point to 64.6% while Yahoo’s market share remained unchanged at 19.3%.
In comparison to other major search engines, Bing showed a steady growth of nearly a half-point market share gain every month for the past three months. Bing grew faster than Google for the first time in August, with a 31.9% annual increase in search queries compared to 21.6% growth for Google and 16.8% for Yahoo.
It is worthwhile to mention that while Bing might be growing faster than Google, Google still dominates the U.S. search market with 64.6% and the combine market share of Yahoo! & Bing is only 28.6%.
U.S. Core Search Share, August 2009 (Source: comScore qSearch)
| Google |
64.6% |
-0.1% m/m |
+1.3% y.y |
| Yahoo |
19.3% |
0.0% m/m |
-0.4% y/y |
| Microsoft |
9.3% |
+0.4% m/m |
+0.9% y/y |
| AOL |
3.0% |
-0.01% m/m |
-1.3% y/y |
| Ask |
3.9% |
0.03% m/m |
-0.4% y/y |
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Posted in 08/20/2009 ¬ 9:34 pmh.
Chitika Network released a report that Bing users are more likely to click an ad on your site than Google or Yahoo users.
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Posted in 08/05/2009 ¬ 8:06 pmh.
We took a closer look at the details for the 10-year search deal between Microsoft & Yahoo!, and we discovered that as part of the agreement at least 400 Yahoo! employees will transition to Microsoft. An additional 150 Yahoo! employees will assist with providing the “transition services” between Microsoft and Yahoo!.
Microsoft agrees to pay Yahoo! $150 million to cover the costs involved in the technology transition process. Microsoft will also make a $50 million annual payment to Yahoo! during the first three years to cover other technology transition costs.
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Posted in 07/29/2009 ¬ 8:34 pmh.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer discusses the search agreement with Yahoo! and what it will mean to customers, advertisers and the industry. Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz discusses the agreement and what it means to Yahoo! and its customers.
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Posted in 07/29/2009 ¬ 7:34 pmh.
Earlier today, a new search deal between Microsoft and Yahoo! was confirmed with the following press release. Here is the press release and the summary.
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Posted in 07/18/2009 ¬ 6:41 pmh.
As reported in the Toronto Star and several other websites, Bing has had a decent June after capturing 8.4% of U.S. Internet searches…
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Posted in 06/28/2009 ¬ 12:22 pmh.
A blind test to see which search engine you actually prefer in terms of search results. Whether it be Bing, Google, or Yahoo!
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