I bet Digg would have Bing's numbers too if it was they were the first thing IE users saw everytime they started their browser.
zedomax
· 4 months ago
True, MS has a monopoly edge on any type of product they launch.
Reinder
· 5 months ago
Bing bigger? Not so stange when you know it starts automatically when installing ie 8? Too lazy to change the homepage as most people are....
gbattle
· 5 months ago
Let's see ... $300mm in advertising for Bing (not development, advertising, but if we add on dev costs behind Live, we're talking billions) vs. $55mm in VC/Angel money for Twitter (no where near all spent, not even half). Do the math. Dumb comparison.
Ash
· 5 months ago
So going by your logic, if msft sepnds enough money, they would be able to overtake google? comparison is on traffic, not on amoutn spent for getting the traffic .
Jeff Swanson
· 4 months ago
I agree with you Ash. Also, there is value in the user search data, which makes it that much more valuable.
IK
· 5 months ago
I would actually atribute this trend to the fact, that in the case I would type htp://mashable.com or sometimes just mashable.com without the http in Internet Explorer, I will be automatically forwarded to bing. With Internet Explorer being a major browser there is no wonder, that a lot of people actually end up on bing. The main question is how many people willingly go there.
JuanRios
· 5 months ago
mmmm sure twitter its small than digg? mmm weird...
Ben Parr
· 5 months ago
In the U.S. it is. Internationally, Twitter is bigger, but Bing is growing bigger than all of them. I'm interested in the Quantcast numbers when they get released.
Michael Wyres
· 5 months ago
Digg and CNN are also big overseas...so their numbers are going to be lower than real also ... Complete.com doesn't strike me as a "complete" representation.
Mayank Agarwal
· 5 months ago
i dont thnk so... twitter sure looks much bigger than CNN and digg...but yeah i would agree with u on complete not giving complete stats...
otmshank
· 4 months ago
Compete only ESTIMATES web traffic based on their own algos (whether they are accurate or not is up for grabs) and only estimates US based traffic.
Michael Wyres
· 4 months ago
That's the point - the world is more than just "US traffic"...
leliathomas
· 5 months ago
All of these things are actually much harder to track than the post suggests. Twitter's probably bigger in the U.S. as well, because tracking sites like Compete can't take into account all the mobile and desktop software programs that directly update and pull information from sites like Twitter and Digg. They only track users really going to these websites, as far as I know.
Hussein Nasser
· 5 months ago
Yes really weird.. But mind its Unique visitors...
dainathomas
· 4 months ago
yeah .. actually it is quite strange .. but the data shows .. hard to believe ..
A Maui Blog
· 5 months ago
could it be that people are curious and are still checking it out therefore the surge? At any rate, I love Bing for bringing my blog A Maui Blog first on the search engine when you search the word Maui Blog :) .. I know, self promo here - sorry ;)
I guess we'll have to watch this BING closely and see what happens in the next months. Thanks for this report.
AP
· 5 months ago
Absolutely my take on why the traffic was so high in the first month!. I'm actaully testing the waters from time to time and binging it when I'm curious about search results. I guess that means the new campaign is working. I never even gace Microsoft a second thought until now.
You should note that live.com redirects to bing.com -- which is the primary driver of traffic (my guess) and therefore makes that growth less surprising.
Stan_Schroeder
· 5 months ago
I have to agree. I'd even go so far to suggest that Bing's growth is utterly unimpressive. How could it not grow? It got all the traffic from one of the most visited sites on the internet. In a couple of months, we'll see a better picture. I predict it'll reach just about the same levels as live.com did.
So this search engine beat out a lot of non-search engine sites? And they spent a TON of money promoting it? Who cares?
John Colette
· 5 months ago
This is like saying Aston Martins are outselling 65' Motor Yachts. Twitter is a big deal to people who use the net a lot - just not so much for everyone that needs to read about it in TIME magazine. A search engine topping the online site of a cable news channel - underwhelmed. Search is a greneric [and fist level] service compared to news, or social networking.
79million is a maybe busy hour for Google.
wonkette
· 5 months ago
Yes, but Google has had time to generate familiarity, and Bing, despite being a rebranded Live.com, is newer. Yes, I know about the TV commercials, but since I don't watch TV, I've never seen one. I heard about Bing through a co-worker and have been using it for the past 4 weeks or so. Most people will probably stick with Google or Yahoo, but a small percentage of people will stay with Bing.
What I find odd is the emphasis on market share. Does it matter whether Bing gets 5% or 75%? As long as it gives you the results you want, market share doesn't matter -- unless you are need high placement for your business. So I can see why most people are still sticking with Goo.
Jack Niu
· 5 months ago
I'm not quite agree with your opinion 1) bing are different things with twitter and Digg 2) dont forget how much dollar that Microsoft paid for the Ads
Ben
· 5 months ago
unique users don't mean a thing ... it's repeat traffic and engagement (ie numbers of searches) that will decide who wins here.
Geo
· 5 months ago
You can't compare like that. Bing is the default search engine with IE. Every (poor) guy still using IE will generate traffic for Bing.
You should compare Bing to Yahoo, Google, etc... (other search engine) to see if something changed since MS launch their "new" search engine
JoshuaRJones
· 5 months ago
Lets not forget that IE has Bing as its default search, which I'm sure is helping its stats.
lama2b
· 5 months ago
Yep!! Will be bigger than alll!!!
kovshenin
· 5 months ago
Hmm.. Wow.. Well, yeah, Twitter's unique visitors don't mean a thing, right? I mean most tweeps post from 3rd party clients and cellphones. But digg... Hey Bing is doing quite a good job here, well done Microsoft.
Coree
· 5 months ago
Not sure I'd say Bing is bigger than,but the newness & natural curiosity is causing a surge
Mark
· 5 months ago
So now Bing too sponsoring posts here and on TC, eh? I was just wondering how they were spending the $100 Million ad campaign.
Nate Holland
· 5 months ago
First off, even if this is based on the stats of just the US, it's still quite impressive. It's possible though that 1, people are curious as to what it really is. You know how we (people in general) all want to check out and join the newest social networking sites all the time. But then again, we wouldn't know for sure if it is really getting that much attention if we haven't had proof from say stats that include all the other continents. I can only assume that it may not be as popular in other countries as it is here. It's also possible that not a lot of people from outside the US have heard about it already. Thanks for the info though, It's probably a site we all should watch and check out again in a couple of months.(for the stats, I mean)
Jeffrey
· 5 months ago
Never, Never Never! This is Compete Bug, a nice eastergg!
Steve
· 5 months ago
Bing may increase its share in online search engine market in coming months ..though the percentage share is very less compared to Google, Bing is progressing! www.bestcashadvance.co.uk
Stephen Robinson
· 5 months ago
I only think this because its new, I think it will drop once its not a newbie any more.
Σχολή Χορού
· 5 months ago
Many people i know, including myself, did some testing on the new search engine, just to check their rankings. The ie8 default home page also plays a big role but the bottom line seams to be that bing is an MSN search with a new name. Nothing more and nothing less. Too much noise for nothing.
Negros Bloggers
· 5 months ago
Bing just rapidly became famous. Now, I use Bing instead of any other search engines.
Marshall Windlow
· 5 months ago
With a commercial every five seconds on TV and the Web.. and all the gimmicky garbage they do like the photos with captions, who isn't going to want to see what the hype is about. Once companies figure out how to maximize there SEO for Bing (because all it is just another algorithm), and people get tired of the hype, Bing will still be here, but nothing to the size of Google. I've checked it out several times to see what the hype is about, but in my opinion there is no such "WOW" factor to make me think this is the greatest "decision" engine ever. Windows should be taking their ad dollars and fix their poor Windows OS.
Tinus
· 5 months ago
Bing now bigger than digg, twitter and cnn IN THE US
sebek
· 5 months ago
Stupid. It's only a marketing. We will see this stats in next month. I'm sure it will be much smaller. When people are curious they try to see what the Bing is, especially when in last month every news website in Internet shows info about it. The most important is how many of this unique users will return to Bing and how often :). It will not be great figures :).
Figo Mago
· 5 months ago
What a $100mm campaign will get you in search-engine land: http://tr.im/ry3J
Tech Blog
· 5 months ago
I think the numbers are high because people are curious about it, now if the numbers can identify if this user actually comes back and used it like what digg user/visitors does then that it something for real.
Kevin Althaus
· 5 months ago
Typical Microsoft: Find a technology (search or OS's, you decide)and steal the concept. Then make 'improvements' to it, rebox it, throw millions into marketing, and BOOM instant success.
The problem with MS and where they lose my respect is that they aren't innovators. They steal ideas from other people and mash it into their existing products.
vagredajr
· 5 months ago
I'm sure the TV ad bombardment has had nothing to do with this. I've been nonplussed by Bing's performance in side-by-side testing, but I see the appeal.
But I see this more like when Second Life trumpeted 1 million users or somesuch -- how many will replace their search for Bing in a month?
Steve
· 5 months ago
Check those numbers next month. I think you'll see a change.
the other steve
· 5 months ago
steve, you should really use your own email address on the net. I keep getting your stuff and some of it might be embarassing. contact me at the address you think is yours with one that really is and I'll forward misdirected mails to you as they come.
spinchange
· 5 months ago
I would love to know what kind of $ Microsoft has spent to buy this traffic. Bing was heavily advertised on MSM (Television, Radio, Print) non-stop for a while. It's slowed down now, a bit, but right around launch time is was Bing everywhere you looked. That has to cost big bucks.
I think a good spike is to be expected for a Microsoft's shiny new toy...they are Microsoft after all. Like you said, the proof will be repeat, sustained traffic. Not this flash. If this *didn't* spike, that would be news.
Also these comparisons aren't really fair because they're destination sites, not Search Engines.
WillCox
· 5 months ago
I'm not totally sure how excited Microsoft should be about being more visited that Twitter or CNN - if the statistics are even accurate. It's probably a nice feather in the cap, but the main concern is the competition with Google, Yahoo, ect. Plus, who knows if this even holds up? We are talking about the period of launch where it was fresh and new and people went on just to see what was the big deal and how it performed. There is probably a lot of that still going on today as we hit month two but will people still care months down the road? These reports will continue to come out and people will try to make sense of them but the truth is that it's going to take a few more months to really begin to judge the success of Bing. It does appear to be on the right track, however. Anyone interested in checking out other ways to search should try out eZanga.com. It's a meta search engine with some nice features and accurate results. It's on a pretty steady rise right now.
medical_equipments
· 5 months ago
Bing will always be in 2nd position after google,...
Isn't Bing the default homepage for the latest versions of IE? I wouldn't know cause I avoid IE like the plague, but I would think that is could -- just MAYBE -- influence these number... just a tad?
Maybe I'm off the mark though; I don't use IE and have only tried Bing a couple of times.
Nihar
· 5 months ago
Great going. I didn't thought initially that this will happen. It is really scary now to google...
Avinash
· 5 months ago
well, it still need to prove so many things before people start switching from google. Right now its just the curiosity for most of the guys that lead them to search on bing.
John LoFranco
· 5 months ago
It will be interesting to see what becomes of Bing in the future and if people continue to use it. It is hard to conclude anything now since it is so new.
Brian Hamlett
· 5 months ago
So here's a good question! Is it because Bing is currently the "new thing?" We all want to give it a try and until we all have, could that be making the numbers skyrocket? Or is it that it is actually so much better that people are immediately switching over their preferences in search engines? Give it a bit more time and that will be the true test!
I am wondering if someone has any metrics on this though?
Pastor_Rick
· 5 months ago
Yesterday I posted about the fight between software giant Microsoft and Google. That post was about Google taking on Microsoft in the Operating System war. Google is launching its own operating system called Chrome OS and plans to slice off a big chunk of the Microsoft OS market. Microsoft is launching its new OS called Windows 2007.
Today, the shoe is on the other foot as Microsoft blasts away at the Search Engine market with their Bing search engine. While the OS battle is more of a long term battle, Chrome OS isn't slated to come out until 2010 while Microsoft's new OS 2007, is launching this year.
These two fights will keep pundits talking for years to come but one thing is certain, it will not be boring. Both companies have plenty of capital to work with and there are a lot of undertones. For example, the overwhelming majority of Microsoft's business is from its operating system, while Google has multiple income streams and sits on a large pile of cash.
If Google can slice off part of Microsoft's OS market with their Chrome OS, they could seriously damage Microsoft's ability to earn money. Microsoft didn't get where they are by being a slouch in the R & D arena. That is where Bing comes in. Bing beat Google to the punch by over a year.
It is already seeing a great deal of enthusiasm in its new Search Engine which has grown exponentially as noted in the Mashable article July 8th, 2009 | by Ben Parr "Bing Now Bigger Than Digg, Twitter and CNN"
This one is destined to be one of those epic decades long struggles between David and Goliath but David is now almost grown while Goliath has gained new weapons for his arsenal. I foresee either a draw or God forbid, a takeover or merger by these two companies.
Danny Sullivan
· 5 months ago
Ben, how was Live Search ranked against these sites? If you don't say that, then you don't know whether this is news or now. I'm pretty sure it was ranked around the same. If so, then it's not that Bing is "now" bigger than the others. It's that Bing just has new data because it picked up from Live Search.
And live.com includes all Windows Live products redirections to it (mail and messenger users)
Adalberto Hernandez
· 5 months ago
and for those commenters concerned about low figures for twitter.com this chart does not include mobile users nor twitter app users, only twitter.com visits
Stuff About Life
· 5 months ago
I have noticed that Bing has become the default search provider on my Windows 7 RC box, and I certainly don't remember selecting it.
Perhaps that explains some of the traffic increase - Microsoft is using their own OS to drive traffic by making Bing the default. It's all over MSN.com too, which is the default homepage for Internet Explorer installs. Just a thought!
joe dauz
· 5 months ago
Your headlines suck. You left out Live.com during that time and googles place.
It's still a ways away from Yahoo. Let me know when it crosses that line.
I'm always suspicious of such graphs where it jumps up like that for no known reason.
Krishna Santani
· 5 months ago
Bing's stats are impresive but nothing unusual.. This may be just the curiosity of the users and the hype created by Microsoft which may lasts may be 2-3 months.. I am just waiting to see how Bing shapes in next 6 months..
joe dauz
· 5 months ago
So this is -Impressive ..um no its very normal. When yahoo and google show a decline then it’s a story. You sign into bing with a live.com address as default. BING KEEPS Growing is a headline when the stats pass live.com, otherwise its just corporate cannibalism.
Krishna Santani
· 5 months ago
Bing's stats are impresive but nothing unusual.. This may be just the curiosity of the users and the hype created by Microsoft which may lasts may be 2-3 months.. I am just waiting to see how Bing shapes in next 6 months..
Jonathan
· 5 months ago
If I threw $80 million out there, everybody would use my site, too.
If they stick, great. If not (which is likely), the spike will shortly be going the other way.
Your Name*
· 5 months ago
"it’s easy to forget that it only went live about a month ago"
This means absolutely nothing. Bing replaced live.com search - it was simple a rebrand with some better search capability, not a new search engine starting from scratch.
Gachie
· 5 months ago
This is good news. competition brings innovation
Gachie
· 5 months ago
This is good news. competition brings innovation
Gubatron
· 5 months ago
Funny, ever since the week it came out I've not used bing again... it's hard to change the habit of using google when it just works so well already.
Bing secrets
· 5 months ago
Impressive growth, but may be due to the buzz and the advertising. Waiting to see the Bing July status.
ES
· 4 months ago
MS pushes its Bing engine into IE replacing other search engines installed before, including Google. They do it during initial IE installation or a regular program update from the MS site. A lot of people just don't actually care about and use this Bing when they need to search for something. I believe Bing partially succeeded in quantities just because of this non-initiated by users replacement.
chris @ Nozio
· 4 months ago
That looks like a good start for Bing, I wish we could have some data on how it's going for Bing in Europe
zedomax
· 4 months ago
Interesting post, I know Bing will have a lot to go but I am very surprised that Bing got this far, I've actually see a good amount of traffic from Bing now, maybe more than Yahoo.
Lauren
· 4 months ago
Thanks for sharing that. I have seen bing on Windows live and wasn't sure what the heck it was. I'll be checking into it.
WM, Tour Operator Bangladesh
· 4 months ago
Now Bing is official search engine of Microsoft, Before Bing launched Microsoft Windows users could not get the appropriate result from msn or live. Now hope fully they can get from Bing. Personally, I'm happy with Bing.
Kimberly Garcia
· 4 months ago
BING was big until people realized it was Windows Live Search. Same lackadaisical search engine as before.
Fred Mills
· 4 months ago
Astonishing, Microsoft has been hopeless in search for such a long time now. This is not their first attempt to take on Google. I haven't used Bing yet, why has it taken off so? What does it offer that Google doesn't?
Debbie Eberhart
· 4 months ago
Every since Obama became president ...the media has been trying it's best to start a Racial war or Upheaval ... If it's not one racial issue it's another !!! It is clearly evident that the media's intention is to sent a message to black people ..."Remember where you came from now !!! " "Don't become proud or above yourselves !!! The media has always been the enemy !!! You keep the people divided up among themselves ....For together we stand ...divided we fall !!! Your time has ended SATAN !!! Just except it and bow out gracefully !!!
Camilo Olea
· 4 months ago
Testing the commenting with my twitter account =)
dainathomas
· 4 months ago
I liked Bing .. as it is little or may be you say .. little more improved search engine .. the thing which I really liked abt it is .. the little pop up windows .. which pops on the right side of the listing .. explaining or displaying its brief introduction .. when we hover the mouse on it ... which really save time in visiting and finding out .. the site was of no use ...
dainathomas
· 4 months ago
I liked Bing .. as it is little or may be you say .. little more improved search engine .. the thing which I really liked abt it is .. the little pop up windows .. which pops on the right side of the listing .. explaining or displaying its brief introduction .. when we hover the mouse on it ... which really save time in visiting and finding out .. the site was of no use ...
dainathomas
· 4 months ago
I liked Bing .. as it is little or may be you say .. little more improved search engine .. the thing which I really liked abt it is .. the little pop up windows .. which pops on the right side of the listing .. explaining or displaying its brief introduction .. when we hover the mouse on it ... which really save time in visiting and finding out .. the site was of no use ...
redirect-info
· 3 months ago
I have been suspecting bing for few months whether it has gained the popularity like yahoo or google but after viewing this post i have got confidence on bing, its a good information to share thanks for the post
Jew
· 2 months ago
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Mott Kornicki
· 2 months ago
With the headlines that Microsoft’s new search engine Bing() has been grabbing, it’s easy to forget that it only went live about a month ago. Since its launch at the beginning of June, it has given Google pause and even had its own web infomercial ...
Olaf Moriarty Solstrand
· 2 months ago
It's no surprise Bing is big. I'm on Internet Explorer now (trust me, I would have changed browser if I wasn't at work with no administrator rights), and whenever I write a URL that's not working (for some websites this even happens when I omit the www), instead of getting a 404 I get a Bing search for the URL I was trying to go to.
I've never actually used Bing, but the browser, but when Internet Explorer sends me directly to Bing whenever I do something wrong and it's the most used browser in the world, it's no surprise that Bing has lots of visits.
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But mind its Unique visitors...
I guess we'll have to watch this BING closely and see what happens in the next months. Thanks for this report.
I still like other search engines though like: crowdseye, collecta.
http://www.venturebeat.com/2009/06/20/who-rules...
http://alexa.com/siteinfo/bing.com
http://alexa.com/siteinfo/bing.com
http://damiendonnelly.com/2009/07/09/for-the-ma...
79million is a maybe busy hour for Google.
What I find odd is the emphasis on market share. Does it matter whether Bing gets 5% or 75%? As long as it gives you the results you want, market share doesn't matter -- unless you are need high placement for your business. So I can see why most people are still sticking with Goo.
1) bing are different things with twitter and Digg
2) dont forget how much dollar that Microsoft paid for the Ads
You should compare Bing to Yahoo, Google, etc... (other search engine) to see if something changed since MS launch their "new" search engine
Thanks for the info though, It's probably a site we all should watch and check out again in a couple of months.(for the stats, I mean)
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The problem with MS and where they lose my respect is that they aren't innovators. They steal ideas from other people and mash it into their existing products.
But I see this more like when Second Life trumpeted 1 million users or somesuch -- how many will replace their search for Bing in a month?
I think a good spike is to be expected for a Microsoft's shiny new toy...they are Microsoft after all. Like you said, the proof will be repeat, sustained traffic. Not this flash. If this *didn't* spike, that would be news.
Also these comparisons aren't really fair because they're destination sites, not Search Engines.
We are talking about the period of launch where it was fresh and new and people went on just to see what was the big deal and how it performed. There is probably a lot of that still going on today as we hit month two but will people still care months down the road? These reports will continue to come out and people will try to make sense of them but the truth is that it's going to take a few more months to really begin to judge the success of Bing. It does appear to be on the right track, however.
Anyone interested in checking out other ways to search should try out eZanga.com. It's a meta search engine with some nice features and accurate results. It's on a pretty steady rise right now.
http://www.bing.com/search?q=greatest+os+of+all...
Maybe I'm off the mark though; I don't use IE and have only tried Bing a couple of times.
I am wondering if someone has any metrics on this though?
Today, the shoe is on the other foot as Microsoft blasts away at the Search Engine market with their Bing search engine. While the OS battle is more of a long term battle, Chrome OS isn't slated to come out until 2010 while Microsoft's new OS 2007, is launching this year.
These two fights will keep pundits talking for years to come but one thing is certain, it will not be boring. Both companies have plenty of capital to work with and there are a lot of undertones. For example, the overwhelming majority of Microsoft's business is from its operating system, while Google has multiple income streams and sits on a large pile of cash.
If Google can slice off part of Microsoft's OS market with their Chrome OS, they could seriously damage Microsoft's ability to earn money. Microsoft didn't get where they are by being a slouch in the R & D arena. That is where Bing comes in. Bing beat Google to the punch by over a year.
It is already seeing a great deal of enthusiasm in its new Search Engine which has grown exponentially as noted in the Mashable article July 8th, 2009 | by Ben Parr "Bing Now Bigger Than Digg, Twitter and CNN"
This one is destined to be one of those epic decades long struggles between David and Goliath but David is now almost grown while Goliath has gained new weapons for his arsenal. I foresee either a draw or God forbid, a takeover or merger by these two companies.
http://siteanalytics.compete.com/live.com+digg....
Perhaps that explains some of the traffic increase - Microsoft is using their own OS to drive traffic by making Bing the default. It's all over MSN.com too, which is the default homepage for Internet Explorer installs. Just a thought!
see my graphic http://3dvj.net/storetella
I'm always suspicious of such graphs where it jumps up like that for no known reason.
If they stick, great. If not (which is likely), the spike will shortly be going the other way.
This means absolutely nothing. Bing replaced live.com search - it was simple a rebrand with some better search capability, not a new search engine starting from scratch.
Personally, I'm happy with Bing.
war or Upheaval ... If it's not one racial issue it's another !!! It is clearly evident that the media's intention is to sent a message to black people ..."Remember where you came from now !!! " "Don't become proud or above yourselves !!! The media has always been the enemy !!!
You keep the people divided up among themselves ....For together we stand ...divided we fall !!!
Your time has ended SATAN !!! Just except it and bow out gracefully !!!
I've never actually used Bing, but the browser, but when Internet Explorer sends me directly to Bing whenever I do something wrong and it's the most used browser in the world, it's no surprise that Bing has lots of visits.