BING is now a SERIOUS contender
 

Just kidding :1orglaugh

http://www.oilybutts.com/contender.jpg

http://www.oilybutts.com/brando_contender.jpg

nice joke :1orglaugh

I like Bing.

I do too, I have other sites engineered just for them, and they are bringing in the bacon. That search engine is a doddle compared to google.

Those figures are for this month btw.

That many people still use Dogpile?

I still can't get a good listing on Bing or Yahoo.

Yahoo uses Bing results now, so you are getting 21% of your search traffic from Bing powered results, and you say that isn't significant?

Bing/Yahoo (98% the same) traffic is low, but when properly targeted and placed, its still very effective

What part of "serious contender" do you not understand?

It has been online just over a year, and judging by Googles changes in the last year, I would say that at least Google is taking them seriously. And the ride isn't over yet. :2 cents:

It's built on the back of a search engine which is a decade old. Considering the customer base that must garner, it's a pretty pathetic showing.

You're right though Dean, this whole "Google Instant" is probably a direct result (and easily milked).

bing/yahoo sucks. google is competing with facebook and twitter search. using twitter search for current/breaking events kills google atm. thus google caffiene and including twitter results in search. bing/yahoo isn't on the radar.

You are one of only a few people here that know what they are talking about. You're not JF's alt nick are you?

Btw, Youtube is 2nd in search space. Get your videos up :winkwink:

Bing sucks, yet Bing also delivers Facebook results which Google is competing with. :error I don't really like Bing as it is, but I think it has lots of potential and with the things they are working towards in the future, I think Bing may very well be the future of search. :upsidedow

Google is by far still the king even with Bing and Yahoo merging they can't deliver near the traffic and sales that google does... :pimp

i take it you have had no success with google seo.

Never a single hit. :thumbsup

You crazy guys...answer the question l'agent :)

Thats great SE numbers. :thumbsup

just saw this now. yes youtube 2nd biggest search engine. but didn't think relevant to mention here because google not competing with itself, or maybe is, who knows ..

Conversion wise Bing is better than Google. It would seem that people using Bing have more cash to spend while Google surfers are looking for freebies.

not more cash to spend, but i bet less-savvy and more likely to pull out a cc maybe.

Exactly. Everyone who is cluey goes to google to search for anything.

Noobs will use binghoo and are more likely to spend.

Conclusion? Figure it out yourselves.

Its not funny for me, if its 10%

I never understand your posts. Do you speak english as a first second or third language?

The reason why Bing traffic converts better is because it is advertise on TV. They target their ads on Spike TV late night and on the Comedy channel.

I need some of that Bing traffic.

There's always someone arrogant enough to think they're going to topple the king. Google is the shit.

Damn Microsoft, how much is enough? Not only do you run most of the computers in the world, but you also want everything being searched on those systems by your search engine too? Now you've got a damn phone coming out? I really hope it fails.

For the record Yahoo gets it's results from Bing.

Ask Jeeves is where the real money is at :2 cents:

Well done Captain Obvious Douche (COD).

Tabasco, do you have much Australian traffic? If so, hit me up, I'll put you on to something.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

You know what though, even though the volume for SEs like Bing and Yahoo is low, shit converts like hotcakes. :thumbsup

21.4%, but they are the dumbest surfers the internet has to offer

yahoo/bing users = mostly people who know dickall about computers and just use the default installed search homepage that was set in their browser = $$$$

more traffic doesn't always = more $$$

Nice numbers.

:thumbsup:thumbsup:winkwink: