Just wanted to post something quickly and make you aware of a new search engine that may give Google a run for it’s money…
Approximately two weeks ago Microsoft launched a new search engine called Bing and early numbers indicate that people are visiting. This may be attributed to Microsoft’s recent advertising blitz, spending a reported $80 to $100 million. My guess people are visiting out of curiosity and if Microsoft doesn’t deliver, visitors will be easily turned off.
Over this past weekend I conducted a test using a tool that I found that compares Google and Bing side by side. I ran my name “brian beehler” as a query and it seemed that Bing returned more results than Google. I then refined my search by adding “ottawa” to the string and Google returned more results. I also ran several other queries and it seemed that Google and Bing evened out in the end. Right now I think it is too early to say whether Bing is a real threat to Google, but it does look like it will give Google a run for their money.
Give it a try, Microsoft is going in the right direction and if they are going to be successful they’ll have to continue to build on a great foundation.
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