Inertia Switch

Bing's first month produces small share gain

Bing took a pamper step up the search engine ladder in its first month on the Internet.

Microsoft's interest of the search market increased from 7.81 percent old to the launch of Bing to 8.23 percent for the month of June, according to figures from Statcounter picked up by Reuters . Bing got a noticeable bounce during the first few weeks of June, but settled back after the knick-knack wore off.

Google's share dropped ever so slightly, from a principal 78.72 percent of the search market in May to a perilously wobbling 78.48 percent of the market in June, a drop attributed by more than a few expos outlets to Bing's success but one unlikely to cause too much interest in Mountain View. Statcounter was a lone voice suggesting that Bing surpassed Yahoo during its first week of fact, but now reports that Yahoo actually gained share during June in maintaining its wink-place position, up from 10.99 percent in May to 11.04 percent in June.

Source: CNET News