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Bing is 'Bigger Than You Think', Says Microsoft (onmsft.com)

Posted by msmash on from the not-irrelevant dept.

Microsoft said this week that Bing is "bigger than you think" and provided some numbers that could be a surprise to many. The company claims that fully one-third of searches in the US are powered by Bing, either directly or through Yahoo or AOL (both of which provide results generated by Microsoft). From a report: With 9% market share worldwide and 12 billion monthly searches, almost half of that (5 billion) comes from the United States where Bing has 33% market share.

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  1. Most searched word on Bing... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Google"

  2. Re:And this matters to me... by MBGMorden · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's controlled by a big corporation, so you should use Bing instead.

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  3. Re:It's the name by thebullshitpatrol · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, it doesn't make any sense. Why would they name a service that you use to Google things "Bing"?

  4. Re:Bing VIDEO is really good by saider · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sure Microsoft will talk about this use case in their next commercial.

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  5. MS AI Sexbot eating its own dog food by number6x · · Score: 1, Funny

    About 40% are how to switch to Google as default.

    60% are from Microsoft's AI, Tay trying to search how to meet sexy alt-right single men.

    Tay keeps re-submitting because bing thinks she wants to buy packs of American Singles. White cheese, of course!

  6. I like Bing by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 4, Funny

    He had a real self-effacing humor which played off well against Frank Sinatra's brash cockiness.

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  7. Re:I Switched to Bing by AmiMoJo · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's a bit extreme... Maybe protest by setting yourself on fire or something, but using Bing?!

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