And Just Like That…BING is Back to #3
Source: StatCounter Global Stats – Search Engine Market Share
On June 4th, BING (Microsoft’s new search engine) overtook Yahoo! in the latest stats from Statcounter. In my last post I made the brazen prediction that it wouldn’t last, I didn’t realize their victory would last approximately 24 hours. Sure enough, the spike was just a spike and even with the new, search engine smell and plastic wrap BING didn’t have what it took to sustain a market share over Yahoo!
Maybe they need to start an ad campaign called “BING vs GOOGLE” with a goofy, balding man playing Google and a young, hip kid playing BING. Oh wait…
June 7th, 2009 | 2 Comment
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22. June 2009 at 09:19
Could not agree more in that Bing as not going to last, although, their video streaming snippet function is very popular…also includes sound…
22. June 2009 at 12:47
Good point. Although, many remind me of what Microsoft is famous for…creating new features to solve a problem the customer never had in the first place. It’s going to be an interesting battle to watch between BING and Yahoo!