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Bing US Share Now 8th Of The Market

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17/03/2010

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According to Search Engine Land Bing now has a 12.5% market share in the US putting it at an 8th of the market which is very good considering its not even a year old. These figures come from Neilsen who are reporting that in February Bing’s share rose by 15% from January of this year which came at the expense of both Yahoo! and Google.

Last week in the UK Bing had just under 3% of the market share and it will be interesting to see how that number will change of the coming weeks with Microsoft starting a large ad campaign for it across the UK.

The continued growth of Bing in the US is great news and I just hope the market share will start to increase around the world too.

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http://jamiethomson.spaces.live.com Jamie Thomson

“very good considering its not even a year old”

Err yes…but its pretty shit if you consider the reality that it is actually many years old. Only the name change is less than a year old.
http://mymicrosoftlife.com Gilly

But Bing is quite different from Live Search
goograwks

This is excellent news! I agree with you regarding Bing being different from Live. Along with some love it’s got some advertising going for it… finally.
anon

live search was a horrible search engine. thank god it no longer exists in the universe.

bing is a great product. i use it all the time and i love exploring the main photo everyday. initially i had difficulty going to bing bcaz my reflexes were trained over years to go to google. if u had to search 4 something u would go to google without giving a thought. it took me some time to switch to bing. wth! i love using bing
http://mymicrosoftlife.com/2010/03/18/new-bing-uk-tv-ad/ My Microsoft Life » New Bing UK TV Ad

[...] Not having a TV I haven’t yet witnessed these ads myself on TV however I am aware of them having an impact with one friend now having Bing as their homepage and another friend asking “is Bing is the new Google?” to which I obviously answered yes. It will certainly be interesting to see how these ads, with a third expected over the coming weeks, impact on Bing’s share in the UK. [...]

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