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Bing Search Overtakes Yahoo

Posted by samzenpus on from the climbing-to-the-top dept.

SharkLaser writes "Microsoft's Bing search engine has overtaken Yahoo for the first time. While both Bing, Yahoo and a bunch of meta-search engines like the privacy-oriented DuckDuckGo use Bing's back-end, it clearly shows Yahoo's declining market share. comScore has also released its search data for 2011 — overall, Bing gained 3.1% of market share while Yahoo lost 1.5% and Google lost 0.7%. Yahoo's new CEO Scott Thompson has lots of work to do."

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  1. And in other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sales for the Zune have overtaken sales for the Sony Walkman.

  2. Re:Yahoo? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    >That thing still has a search engine?

    lol... after 14 years of google i also struggle to find yahoo's search bar between all those ads...

    the yahoo frontpage is an asshole..

    No that it goatse you are thinking of.

  3. High Five Territory For Microsoft by HangingChad · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's a high five moment for Ballmer right up there with the Zune out-selling one or two unbranded, generic mp3 players.

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    That's our life, the big wheel of shit. - The Fat Man, Blue Tango Salvage
  4. What are bing and yahoo? oh wait... by Rooked_One · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can google that. Nevermind! :P

  5. Re:I believe I've also contributed to Bing's rise. by gbjbaanb · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's a great feature in Bing, actually. Especially if looking for more adult material.

    so Bing is the porn search engine of choice?

    gives "let me Bing that for you" a whole different meaning.