Microsoft is Optimistic for Bing

Bing is now one month old and has succeed to make a mark and to prove that it has the ability to conquer the Search Engine market. At least, Microsoft believes so.

Bing came up with some great features and commitment to provide good search results. Bing is already on its way to fulfill those commitments and has impressed a portion of internet search users.

In the early stage, Bing earned highest ever 9.21 percent of U.S. search share in first week of June but fall back to around 8.45 percent in last week of June. The hype and marketing efforts from Microsoft for Bing is still going on. Microsoft is quite optimistic about Bing and believes that Bing has the potential to conquer the Search Engine Crown. However, the fact is it still trailing behind Yahoo! (around 11 percent) and big time rival Google which is still dominating with approx. 78 percent of the U.S. search market share.

The results may give heart to Microsoft, which is investing heavily in its loss-making online services business and is refusing to cede the market to Google. At first sight, a 1 percent increase in market share does not appear to be a huge return on the investment Microsoft has made in Bing but the underlying trend appears positive," StatCounter Chief Executive Adohan Cullen said in a statement.

Considering the fact that Microsoft is still hoping to succeed in acquiring or getting tied up with Yahoo! to prove Bing a credible competitor to Google, the chances for the same seem to be quite less.

However, Steve Ballmer and Co. is very much positive on Bing and pushing all their efforts to make sure that more and more people start switching over to Bing from Google and Yahoo! The much talked $100 Million marketing investment on Bing may play a major role give Bing a considerable start.

Google Shows Frustration - Launches "Explore Google Search"

Google seems to be really feeling the heat!! The frustration created by Microsoft's Bing success and increasing popularity has made Google desperate and frustrated. Google is now finding ways to overshadow Bing and trying different things to fight back with Bing. Recently Google assigned a special team to find out what exactly the Bing did and how the algorithms are different and more specific!!

As one more effort to Fire Back at Bing, Google launches "Expore Google Search". Explore Google Search is nothing but a help menu kind of stuff to help navigate the user fast to what exactly he is looking for. It takes user to the links for shortcuts to Weather, Movies, Dictionary, Local Business information and many more...

However, the bottom line is the fight between the two Bulls is increasing day by day and it will be really interesting to look how long it lasts and who wins the cup!!!

900% increase in search term "Bing" in last 30 days - Google Insights Search Result

Google Insights for Search is a tool which Google provide to find out the most searched term / keyword on internet World Wide as well as geographically. It gives results based on Search volume with different filters such as Web Search, Image Search, News Search and Product Search. Go the link for more info.

The big thing to talk about is the results which is in the screenshot below. I did an open search today with Google Insights and the results were surprising. I kept Search Term as open - all search term, means no keyword. Let google give the highest searched term. I didn't select any geographical location, means worldwide results. I kept filter as web search with duration as Last 30 Days and All Categories.

Bingo!!! The top term I got was "Bing" with + 900% increase in last 30 days....Don't believe, here is the screenshot. You can try this out your own if you think the screenshot is fake....

Looking and Searching beyond Google, Bing, Yahoo!

90% of the internet users use either of these: Google, Bing, Yahoo! to search. These three have been dominating the search market for past many years. My question is how many of us know that all these three are not providing the old data? How many of us know that when their search database is regularly updated? Until and unless either of these three's robots do not crawl a website, it will not show into their results.

But what about the websites and information which are of high quality but not been crawled for whatsoever reasons?? Suppose I launched 5 different websites providing high quality & useful information but neither of Google, Yahoo & Bing crawled it?? The internet user will suffer from missing my website's information!!

The time has now come to look and search beyond Google, Bing and Yahoo!! There are no. of other search engines who are providing sepcific search results based on Verticals...

Some of the searchengines to look for are:

1. Hunch (it is the real decision engine)
2. Kayak (good for travel search)
3. Amazon (you know it very well)
4. Upcoming (for new events)
5. DeeperWeb.com
6. Indeed.com (Great for Job Search in U.S.)
7. Travelocity.com (Travel guide)

The list goes on....Look for these and you may find out them better than the Giants!!!

Google starts suffering from Bing syndrome!!!

Google starts suffering from Bing syndrome!!! Don't believe??? Here is what New York post has to say with a tiltle "FEAR GRIPS GOOGLE":

"You'd think nothing would get under the skin of search giant Google.

But co-founder Sergey Brin is so rattled by the launch of Microsoft's rival search engine that he has assembled a team of top engineers to work on urgent upgrades to his Web service, The Post has learned.....Brin, according to sources inside the tech behemoth, is himself leading the team of search-engine specialists in an effort to determine how Bing's crucial search algorithm differs from that used by the company he founded in 1998 with Stanford University classmate Larry Page...."

It seems Brin is really on fire and feels the heat he ever felt so far...With Bing gaining popularity and Search Share day by day, it seems Brin is having really a tough time to find out what's really going on??? According to few media and research companies, Bing has already surpassed Yahoo and now Bing is on No. 2 position in Search Engine Industry.

We can not ignore the fact that Microsft has really rocked and shocked everyone with Bing - the decision engine and may be the days are not so far that Bing will gain the No.l position it is ever been dreaming for!!!

Good luck to Bing and Brin!!!!

Bing Bells Rings - Increased Search Share by 2%

It has been just a week now that Microsoft has launched Bing, the decision engine. The softies share of U.S. Web searches has already increased to double digits for the first time in two years.

Bing went live June 3, though some people had access earlier. According to a report on Tuesday from research group comScore Inc., Microsoft snagged 11.1 percent of U.S. searches from June 2 to June 6. A week earlier, its share was 9.1 percent.

However, the Software giant is still far behind at Third Place. Google is leading with more than 60% share in April and Yahoo at 20%.

Bing's early gain does not confirm Microsoft to top the chart however, it will really make a difference in the Internet Search world.

Bing Vs. Google - Bing's Features that Google doesn't have

As Microsoft's Bing has already been launched, let us take a look at few features that Google doesn't have so far. As Google continues to stay ahead in the Search Engine war, here are few things which can make difference to Google's position.

1. The Home Page

The background dynamic image
The background image with it's geographical details and history is really impressing. I am not seeing it as an innovation but definitely it is an intelligent move. Bing has put an effort to give little more than just a search engine.

Popular Now
Bing's popular now feature which lies just at the bottom right of the home page is an interesting feature to give search user an idea about what's going on and what is the most popular search on Bing.

2. Image Search
Bing has really worked hard on Image search by showing the details of homepage image into the Image Search option. Again in the Explorer Pane on the left side you can get the results about related topics.

3. Bing News - Sorting
The feature of Sorting on Bing's News is really helpful. It gives an option to sort the news results by relevance and freshness.

4. Bing - xRank - Popularity Search
xRank keeps track of notable people and puts them in order for you. Bing counts the for movie stars, musicians, and other famous people and compile the results in ranking formula that tells you who the world is searching for most. The result is a cultural snapshot of who's hot and who's not!

5. Bing - Travel
With Bing Travel, Microsoft has really made a good effort to really upgraded itself from Search Engine to Decision Engine. The feature is not there in Google so far. The user can really find out the Travel Details, Air Fares, Available Airlines and many more. There is no need to go to any other Travel Portal to search for your flights.

6. Bing - Shopping
Not much to explain about Bing Shopping as everyone has visited Ebay. However, the feature is not in Google Search; at least not on the home page. If you want to find out about shopping on google, you will have to surf through its directories. Bing has integrated this on a single search platform. Bing has much more features in Shopping for which you will really have to go there and explore.

Bing's Travel & Shopping are efforts to integrate Comparison Search Engine and Normal Search Engine on one platform. One shall not be needed to go to the another search portal for travel neither on Ebay or Amazon.

There many more features you can dig out from Bing. To find those just bing it!!