[dba-Tech] Google tweaks to stifle Bing

I find the claim of a (close to) 33% market share for Bing rather incredible. I don't know how accurate or reliable Experian Hitwise are as sources. But, assuming for the moment that it is accurate, I'd be curious to see whether there is a relationship between Windows 7 adoption and Bing adoption.


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On 2011-11-05, at 2:19 AM, Arthur Fuller wrote:

> This from slashdot:
> 
> *"As Bing gets closer to capturing almost 33% of the market share in the
> U.S., Google has again made a large tweak to its
> algorithms<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/03/google_fresh_search_algorithm_tweak/>
> to
> provide more up-to-the-minute search results. The change affects around 35%
> of queries and is intended to give users more recent news and stories. For
> breaking news stories the search engine will now weight more heavily the
> most recent coverage, and not just those sites that are linked the most,
> and for general terms the search engine values fresh content more than old.
> Google is hoping that these recent new changes will provide better search
> experience and stops users from switching over to Bing, which just recently
> launched its own GroupOn like site."**
> **Arthur*
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