Bing Comes in at Number 2!

Microsoft’s new search engine, Bing, is a hit in Internet-land. Yesterday, Bing slid past Yahoo Search to take second place for search service in the U.S. and in the world. For years Google has led in search services followed by Yahoo Search and MSN in third. Announced on May 28^th, Bing has made a fast move up the search engine totem pole. Only seven days after its debut, StatCounter reported that Bing took 16.28% of searches in the U.S. above Yahoo Search’s 10.22%. However, compared to Google’s 71.17% Bing still has a long way to go.

One survey revealed that 55% of 1000 Google supporters said they would switch to Bing as their main search engine. The sudden peak in popularity does raise a few questions of whether or not Bing will actually last. Like the reportedly ‘huge’ search engine “Cuil” whose status lasted no more than three months tops.

Could it just be lots of talk about the “New Google” that gave it this popularity? It could be due to Internet Explorer 6 using Bing as its new default search engine for its quick-search in the toolbar. Or maybe it is actually possible that Bing will one day beat out Google for the number one position. All-in-all, Bing has made a great initial impression on its competitors. Now we wait to see if it lasts.