StatCounter: Bing Boosts Microsoft Search Share One Percent

By Geoff Duncan
July 01, 2009

According to media metrics firm StatCounter, Bing has lifted Microsoft's share of the U.S. Internet search market one point to 8.24 percent.

Redmond software giant Microsoft may just be getting started with spending up to $100 million promoting its new Bing search engine, but if the first month of operation is anything to go by, Microsoft may eventually be able to whittle away from of Google's enormous market share advantage in Internet search. According to media analysis firm StatCounter, Bing has managed to elevate Microsoft's share of the U.S. Internet search market one point, from 7.21 percent in April to 8.23 percent in June. Much of the gain appears to have come at Google's expense; according to StatCounter, Google's share dropped from 79.07 percent in April to 78.48 percent in June.

"At first sight, a 1 percent increase in market share does not appear to ...

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