Bing Off to a Good Start: Takes #2 Spot Ahead of Yahoo

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Way too early to call, but recognizing that bloggers need hype.

This datapoint is derived from a couple of weeks of information collected from a company that has no way to verify actual numbers, only predict/interpret much like a Nielsen rating.

Not to mention, position #2 is a long way from position #1 in this game. Add on top of that the fact that Microsoft has historically been very good at making a splash, minorly disrupting the marketplace, and then fading off.

This will be a more interesting conversation 12 months from now.

StatCounter does get its data from sites that use their analytics package, so this is more than just a Nielsen-style prediction. I'll admit that those numbers could be skewed due to the type of sites that use StatCounter, though.

I'm pretty sure Google, Bing and Yahoo are not giving them any direct data, so it's mostly coming from speculation.

I wonder how much of the current success is people trying it out, as opposed to people actually using it for their every-day searches.

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