Bing Growing Like a Newborn Baby

Pete Prestipino — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:18:00 GMT

In perhaps the most competitive niche in all Web technology, comScore is reporting in a follow-up study on the performance of Bing that the little decision engine increased its position in the search market during the second week of its public launch.

From the release: "Microsoft Sites saw its average daily searcher penetration and share of search result pages in the U.S. continue to climb during the second week of Bing’s introduction. Microsoft Sites’ average daily penetration among U.S. searchers reached 16.7 percent during the work week of June 8-12, up 3 percentage points from the May 25-29 work week prior to Bing’s introduction. Microsoft’s share of search result pages in the U.S., a proxy for overall search intensity, increased to 12.1 percent during the period of June 8-12, also climbing 3 percentage points from the pre-introduction work week of May 25-29."

“It appears that Microsoft Bing has continued to generate interest from the market for the second consecutive week,” said Mike Hurt, comScore senior vice president. “These early data reflect a continued positive market reaction to Bing in the initial stages of its launch.”

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Bing Growing Like a Newborn Baby