Bing Goes Up and Then Goes Down (Quickly)
StatCounter, a free online visitor stats tool with over two million members and tracks in excess of ten billion pageloads per month over its network of three million websites has provided the first reports on Microsoft's new Bing traffic.
On Friday June 5th StatCounter announced that Bing was the second largest search engine in the US with a headline that read, "Bing Overtakes Yahoo!".
On Sunday June 7th TechCrunch reported with the title, "Quick Peak? Bing’s Reign As #2 Search Engine Lasted One Day" that the Bing traffic lift was only for one day (using StatCounter data) and that Bing was actually falling fast and actually losing maketshare from what it had previously (as Live and MSN Search).
The final closing from the TechCrunch article was a great wrap-up so, I am going to quote it here:
Of course, it’s important to note that StatCounter is not the be-all end-all measurement tool for such numbers. It claims to track the browsing behavior of over 2 million users across 3 million sites. But the overall trend is undeniable — Bing shot to fame quickly, and once the initial hype wore off, it’s now falling back down. Microsoft needs to keep pushing those TV and web ads to keep its name in people’s minds. Otherwise, Bing runs the risk of having already peaked.
You can check out Bing here - Bing Search Engine
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