Microsoft’s Bing Closes In On Google
The new search engine from Microsoft, Bing, is beginning to challenge Google, reports Timesonline.co.uk. Research statistics suggest that in the 3 months since it went live, Bing is the fastest growing internet search engine in the U.S. and it has now has an 11% share of the market.
Google still has a huge share of the market with 65% but it is increasing at a slower rate than Bing.
This week Bing introduced Visual Search allowing users to search images rather than text links. This is only in the Beta stage at the moment and will concentrate on travel, health, leisure and shopping.
In 2010, Bing will benefit from the deal Microsoft struck with Yahoo! this year and searches on Yahoo!’s websites will be generated by Bing.
Source: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article6837577.ece