[dba-Tech] Google tweaks to stifle Bing

Ha ha... I think you have stumbled on to it. It is just like equating the
number of people using the IE browser with the number of Windows products
sold. 

In real life, it doesn't work that way. As soon as a new Windows desktop is
setup most people go about changing their browser (to anything but IE) and
therefore their search engine (to anything but Bing)...that is why the stats
on browser use and search engine use, according to the previous article
posting, do not jive.

Its just MS salesman talk. ;-)

Jim

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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_algor
ithm_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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