Bing U.S. market share approches 10%

By on Nov 17, 2009 at 12:01 PM
General November 17, 2009

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We have some news coming out of the world of those new-fangled “search engines” that are so popular with the kids; it looks like Microsoft’s re-branded search product’s market share is creeping up on double digits in the U.S., currently sitting at 9.9% for September of 2009. Bing’s share of internet spelunking is up 1.4% for the year and 0.5% in September alone, compare that with -3% on the year for Yahoo! and +2.4% for Google. Not too shabby, considering bing.com was just launched on May 28th of this year. Here at BGR we are pretty loyal Googler’s, what about you? Any die hard, uh, Binger’s out there?

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  • Genx121

    I use Bing on my iPhone.

    • Wowzers

      Troll or a complete moron.

  • whodunnit

    The only thing bing is good for is porn.

    • a

      never used it. what makes it good for porn?

  • Nick

    @whodunnit bings bird eye view and Google’s satellite view are completely different.

  • Ron

    Google :)

    Bing Fuck off….

  • kappy79

    I use google mostly out of habit and how used to it I am. I admit I have never used Bing and prolly never will. The commercials make my head hurt. Also it is called a “decision engine” personally I don’t want MS or Google making my decisions. Give me the info and I’ll choose thanks.

    • John

      You just sounded really ignorant.
      The point of a decision engine is to help you make a decision not choose for you.

      • a

        what? why would it decide my decision engines for me! i want to choose my own decision engines!

  • SupAll

    I’ve used Bing for airline tickets. When you click on travel, and ask for tickets for a specific trip, you not only get prices from multiple websites, but you also get a tip as to whether or not prices will fall or rise. I managed to snag a roundtrip from Pensacola to DC for $279 because of bing.

    Though, I’m more of a Yahoo-er guy. :-p

  • http://loronix.blogspot.com frank the tank

    @COCOViper,

    I can’t wait for chrome to come out for the mac. it’s totally converted me at work. why’s it been delayed so much?

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

  • T

    Bing stands above Google for traveling… that’s for sure. Standard search results… no so much, really… I guess it’s nice to have the option, both work if you let it. Not gonna be a hater like the rest of you.

  • Sgt. Cell

    I started using Bing the day it came out, have not used Google or Ask since. Not saying they are bad, Bing just works for me.

  • Gadi

    Microsoft bought farecast for its travel engine. That is why it is so good.

    I use bing for purchasing to take advantage of the Cash Back.

    That’s about it.

  • a

    well duh, when you ship oses with ie preinstalled and bing preset, there is a certain amount of search traffic you get for free.

  • HunterA3

    Am I the only one that caught on to the fact that this article has a typo in the title?

  • a

    the droid’s hardware and software were too ambitious for motorola’s quality control.

  • B. Crosby

    MS is buying the market share. The only reason I use it is because of Bing cashback!!!!!!

  • Jouten

    I use Bing. I bounce back and forth between Bing and Google. But I find myself using Bing more and more lately.

  • V Delorme

    Tried Bing…. bottom line…. it sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Jay

    I use Bing, only to check out if I can get cashback on eBay…

  • http://www.highhopestheband.com smover

    I use Bing since it’s out, for the following reason :
    - answers are good enough for me
    - I like the picture of the day concept, it’s fun and often interesting. Google’s main page looks so ’98 once you are used to Bing.
    - Bing is way more efficient to find pictures and videos

    The only Google needs i still have are when searching about programming stuff, where copy/paste an error message gives better results in google. Aside this, I Bing all day ^^

  • Jason

    It will be very hard to top Google, but Bing is certainly a substantial improvement over previous incarnations of Microsoft’s search engine. I like how the image search feature scrolls infinitely — eliminating the need to keep on clicking “Next” — and I like that its maps are somewhat different from Google’s (for certain trips it’s useful to compare and contrast Google’s and Bing’s driving directions). Also, for patient people, Bing’s shopping cashback program allows shoppers to collect a certain percentage of their puchase back in cash after a two-month waiting period. So Bing is definitely a lot better than most people probably give it credit for. Not Google, of course, but not bad, either.

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