Is this Google’s annus horriblis?
August 6th, 2010
It would be foolish to suggest that Google is in trouble, but there have been a few ventures that have not worked out in the way that the search behemoth would have hoped and, just as Apple has experienced with the Iphone 4 launch, it is clear that you cannot assume success in an era … Read full article>
Yahoo! and bing are now officially bed partners in the US
July 21st, 2010
The much anticipated ‘joining of forces’ between Yahoo! and Microsoft is starting to make itself felt in the U.S. as Yahoo! announces that it is testing organic and paid search listings from Microsoft for up to 25% of searches.
Most users will be unaware of where the data is actually coming from as the page layout … Read full article>
Bing Launches New Search Features
November 14th, 2009
Microsoft has announced the latest changes to it’s new search platform, Bing, in its latest attempt to improve its search results and gain market share on Google.
Microsoft has been listening to its customers’ feedback and assessing user trends and has therefore implemented new features to make Bing easier to use and more convenient by … Read full article>
Has Bing’s Market Share Peaked?
October 15th, 2009
According to the lastest report released by comScore this week, it would appear that Bing’s growth is gradually slowing down, whilst Google’s is on its way up again.
Does this mean that Microsoft’s share in the market has peaked or can it continue to grow and really pose a threat to Google?
comScore’s September report shows that … Read full article>
Bing’s slowly gaining on Google’s Market Share
September 24th, 2009
Earlier this week ComScore released it’s monthly qSearch analysis report, conducted on the U.S Search Market throughout August and it shows some interesting results.
The report shows that last month there were 13.9 billion core searches performed in the U.S alone, with Google’s share of that figure being 64.9%, Yahoo!’s 19.3% and Microsoft’s 9.3%.
When comparing these … Read full article>
Bing Results to Include Tweets
July 13th, 2009
A week or so ago, Bing revealed that it is coming up to date and will now be including real-time results in it’s SERP’s on a selection of searches that are performed on their new and improved search platform.
Since Twitter was launched, it has continued to grow at a phenomenal rate with users loving the … Read full article>
Can Bing Really Compete with Google?
June 10th, 2009
A couple of weeks ago we announced the launch of the new Search Engine or ‘Decision’ Engine, as they like to call it, from Microsoft, that they have chosen to call Bing.
Over the years, Microsoft has launched many new versions of it’s search engine, Bing being it’s fourth attempt, to try and challenge the Google’s … Read full article>
Bing - Microsoft Launches it’s new ‘Decision’ Engine
May 29th, 2009
Last week, we wrote about the hype around Microsoft’s new Search Engine and the speculation about it’s new and improved name and we can now announce that it is, as predicted, going to be ‘Bing’.
This new product, that they are referring to as a ‘Decision’ Engine, is Microsoft’s latest attempt in it’s battle against the … Read full article>
Microsoft to launch new Search Engine?
May 21st, 2009
It has been reported this week that Microsoft is to demonstrate it’s new ‘Kumo’ service at D: All Things Digital conference next week.
Despite Google’s obvious dominance in the search market, Microsoft is refusing to be defeatist and is continuing to challenge Google’s position with the launch of it’s new and improved search engine.
Even though the … Read full article>
