Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 2nd Oct 2009 17:41 UTC
"If the last two months should be interpreted as Microsoft suggests, with Bing's gradual ascent in usage share against Google as a sign of Bing's inevitably catching up, then a similar interpretation of September's numbers from live analytics firm StatCounter should be taken as a sign of Bing's ultimate demise. A sampling of five billion or more US page views from Web sites accessed by StatCounter in September reveals that, of the world's top three search services, Google's usage share has climbed back just above 80%, and is flirting with last November's peak of 81.14% -- meaning Google is back to serving four out of five US-based general queries. Bing's usage share in the US descended by 1.13% to 8.51% for the month of September, while Yahoo's dove 1.1% to 9.4%. Google's share among the top three has now climbed above where it stood in May (78.72%), when Microsoft changed the name of Windows Live Search."
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RE[2]: Statistical sampling is an inherently weak...
by renhoek on Sat 3rd Oct 2009 18:31
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Market share is not the problem, i can be perfectly happy with a 100% market share with windows. The problem is I am forced to use windows in many circumstances, and I am not using it because it's a superior product.
People should be promoting open standards and let the best man win. I even think this should be enforced by law, because a vendor lockin is really easy with a proprietary format. This leads to anti-competitive behavior which is as far as i know illegal.
Google and Bing is a different story since i can switch at any time i please with little impact.
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I completely agree. That's why Microsoft should go to hell. That's why anybody that has a clue about IT should fight Microsoft. I mean Joe SixPack goes to the store and buys a computer. That happens to be preloaded with Windows. OK, he has no clue about operating systems. But everybody else should fight Microsoft until it gets bellow 50% market share. I give Google credit for creating Android because it is based on Linux. And I'll wait and see how their ChromeOS project pans out. If Google manages to make Linux popular, then I am willing to forgive them for their search dominance. It doesn't really bother me that Google charges more for ads but I am upset when I try to buy a laptop and I have to spend extra energy to avoid the Microsoft tax.