Bing and the Yahooligans
June 14, 2009
I don’t know the Star, and I have no way of knowing if the information in the article is spot on. What I want to do is present what the Star said in the article “Within a Week, Bing Gets More Searches than Yahoo”. The Star made the point that Bing.com has had some success and tallied more searches than Yahoo’s search system. The Star reported:
According to StatCounter, Bing has gained 5.62% of the global search engine market which is a considerable market share that it has grabbed from Google. In the first week of June, Google’s market share declined to 90.45%, while Yahoo had 5.13% and Bing had the rest.
My take is that Yahoo is more vulnerable to Bing.com in the short run. Yahoo’s search system is a side show compared to the dozens of services that Yahoo pushes in my face. When I read mail, I have to click click click click before I see the messages. My tests of Yahoo reveal that third parties who use Yahoo’s search results deliver a more useful slice of the Yahoo’s index. Check out the little known http://www.cluuz.com.
Yahoo, in my opinion, is likely to find its tail feathers singed. Googzilla in the meantime will be “waving” to the crowd.
Stephen Arnold, June 14, 2009
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yes indeed! Bing just nailed Yahoo on searches…Google is next? I don’t think so.