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Bing has 1/3 of search volume if you include Yahoo, which it serves. Hardly lost.

• umeshunni 13y ago
  In the US. In desktop. Globally, and once you count mobile, it's negligible. After 9 years on the market, including multiple rebrandings, it's a lost cause.
  • encoderer 13y ago
    Bing was more than just a "rebranding" of Live search. And another thing, it shook Google from complacency. Do you remember the spate of improvements that came on the heels of Bing, some copied directly from Bing like infinite scroll on the image search? We are all better off with a Bing than without. I can comprehend literally zero harm caused by Bing. It's not like you can make a "but IE hurts developers" argument here. Moreover, if 1/3 of desktop US traffic is of nominal value in your opinion, I think possibly you're jaded.
    • zequel 13y ago
      Yep, google was complacent until Bing showed up. Then google released instant results, improved its images and video results. Bing had a better version of initially). Competition is good.
• mooreds 13y ago
  Here's some numbers--Google has > 85% worldwide market share as of Oct 2013: http://www.statista.com/statistics/216573/worldwide-market-share-of-search-engines/ http://www.statista.com/statistics/216573/worldwide-market-s...
  • encoderer 13y ago
    And Bing has 33% of domestic share.
• mathattack 13y ago
  Maybe it's just a bias on my part, but I don't see anyone using "Binging" as a word to look something up. I would like to see the #s more in depth. (How much of it is directed from Yahoo, and IE, etc)
  • maxerickson 13y ago
    I occasionally do that ironically. On the other hand, I find 'Googling' increasingly awkward and tend to just say search.