StatCounter Reports Bing’s First Decline
For the first time since its launch, Bing’s U.S. market share has finally declined, according to StatCounter. Bing’s market share in September fell from 9.64% in August to 8.51% in September. And guess who got Bing’s lost in market share? – Google.
Google’s market share slightly rose by 2% from 77.83% in August to 80.08% in September. Meanwhile, Yahoo also suffered a lost from 10.50% to 9.40%.
StatCounter’s CEO Aodhan Cullen said that Bing’s downward trend started as early as mid-August.
In the global scale, the situation is nothing different for Bing. It’s market share also declined from 3.58% to 3.25%. Yahoo likewise suffered from 4.84% to 4.37% while Google surpassed the 90% market share mark rising from 90% to 90.54%.
So, is this an indication that those who were curious about Bing and tested it for some time have finaly went back to their original search engine? We still have to see results from other analytics provider though. If the trend is similar to other reports well Micrsoft might have to think of other ways to market Bing.
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StatCounter Reports Bing’s First Decline
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