Has Bing Already Overtaken Yahoo? 319
nk497 writes "Microsoft's newly revamped search tool Bing has already overtaken Yahoo in the US and globally, according to StatsCounter. The net traffic watcher said Bing has topped Yahoo 16.28% to 10.22% in the US, and 5.62% to 5.13% globally. Though the firm noted Bing's popularity may drop off after the excitement wears off, the firm also said: 'Steve Ballmer is quoted as saying that he wanted Microsoft to become the second biggest search engine within five years. Following the breakdown in talks to acquire Yahoo at a cost of $40 billion it looks as if he may have just achieved that with Bing much sooner and a lot cheaper than anticipated.' Google, of course, still leads by a considerable margin."
Bada (Score:3, Funny)
Bing Is Not Google
The sound of "found": Bob Hope (Score:3, Funny)
This morning, our dear leader Steve Ballmer is unveiling our completely new search service, unrelated to anything we at Microsoft have ever done before [today.com]: Bob Hope.
We spent lots of time listening to you, except when you told us how much MSN Search^W^W Live Search^W^W Kumo sucked 'cause you're just wrong about that, to learn which buzzwordy Web 2.0 thingies you use search for today. Finding a webpage that has anything to do with the search terms you entered is so passe, dahling.
So today we're introducing a new kind of search, that goes beyond traditional search engines that do tedious things like find stuff, to instead help you make faster, more informed decisions. (Windows 7 is peachy keen, by the way.) We think of Bob Hope as a Decision Engine. We've sued Stephen Wolfram into atomic dust using our patents on FAT and Mono, co-opted the Wolfram Alpha engine and swapped Mathematica for Visual Basic and Wolfram's brain for the exhumed corpse of Bob Hope.
So why did we pick Bob Hope as the new core of our search? We needed a brand that was as fresh and new as our approach. A name that was memorable, short, easy to spell, and that would function well as a URL around the world.
And just look at these results!
What do we want?
Braaains.
When do we want them?
Braaains.
What do I need to run Windows 7?
Braaains.
What's Bill Gates got that means you should buy everything you can from the company he founded?
Braaains.
What's the final proof of Steve Ballmer's equal genius to Steve Jobs?
Vistaaa.
This is something new, something improved! You need to try it! It'll give so much more betterer results than that other search engine we can't name because Steve will wedge another chair up our butts! Please, come and try our new and improved service! FOR GOD'S SAKE TRY THE DAMN SERVICE. OR THE PUPPY GETS IT. We're Microsoft. We're serious as a heart attack on this one.
Now I'm waiting for the new Bing ad onslaught... (Score:4, Funny)
You know the next onslaught of Bing ads will claim:
"More popular than Yahoo!"*
* For one day after weeks of massive advertising, Bing beat out Yahoo in website traffic. Results not typical.
Re:Not really (Score:5, Funny)
Oh wait...!!
Re:Prime Time Commercial (Score:4, Funny)
I saw a Bing commercial. It makes me want to choke someone to death with my bare hands.
Reminds me of Groundhog's Day (Score:5, Funny)
Man, I've seen that movie so many times.
Clearly Bing is dying (Score:3, Funny)
StatCounter confirms it.
Indeed not really! (Score:5, Funny)
Bing may or may not have a big impact
Well a quick straw poll in my building suggests Bing hasn't even surpassed yelling down the corridor so it's got a looong way to go!
Re:Bada (Score:1, Funny)
Hahah, very nice. Not to mention: passed Yahoo! up? Dude, that's not even an achievement. That's like passing up the retarded kid next door sprinting when you're trying to catch an Olympic class athlete. It's not even worth mentioning.
Re:Prime Time Commercial (Score:1, Funny)
Careful, that might be illegal in your country
Re:FRAUD ALERT: Slashvertisement? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:They are not idiots, stop with the snobbery (Score:3, Funny)
No one's disputing that. The issue was raised that you felt the need to call someone an idiot over the non-preference of a search engine. That's on par to a clothing store employee going up to an IT guy saying "Black shoes and a brown belt?! What a moron!"
Re:Redirects (Score:5, Funny)
Tuesday. That's when all the patches come out. ;)
Re:Not really (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Not really (Score:0, Funny)
Be green; eliminate unnecessary words: "Bing may have a big impact - but I think it will take some more time before we know."
FYI (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not really (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Not really (Score:3, Funny)
23 words to tell me I shouldn't have used 5. Funniest part of my day so far.
Re:Chairs (Score:2, Funny)
Free as in Beer or Free as in FOSChairs?
Re:They are not idiots, stop with the snobbery (Score:4, Funny)
Good catch.
*ahem* It's like a mechanic going up to an IT guy picking out a car and saying "What do you mean you don't care if it's the two or four door model?! You're a fucking idiot!"
Re:Redirects (Score:3, Funny)
At work on Friday I mistyped a URL and it brought me to Bing. I didn't know what it was and assumed it was a re-routed parked domain or something - I didn't bother looking at it since I didn't recognize it. So my first impression of the site, thanks to the redirect, was that it was an annoying ad site.
Same happened to me -- I was after bong.com, my finger slipped when typing the first 'o' and I get mysteriously redirected to this Microsoft search engine. I think it's a scam.
People still use Yahoo? (Score:4, Funny)
Didn't even know they were still around.
It's Yahoo (Score:3, Funny)
It'll return... (Score:3, Funny)