According to comScore, Hitwise, and Nielsen, Bing gained ground in August, but StatCounter has released info indicating that Bing has experienced its first monthly decline in the US, in September.
On a temporary basis, at least, it looks like the Bing team racked up another win this week. New data indicates that Microsoft's search engine passed Yahoo's in terms of market share, and did so by a significant amount.
Internet Explorer's days - or at least its days as king of the browser pile - may be numbered. New statistics indicate that IE's market share has shrunk this year, and that its share is indeed now close to falling beneath the 50 percent mark.
Different data-tracking firms almost always report different statistics, and this has led to a fair number of confusing did-it-or-didn't-it-gain-share situations. Bing seems to be solidly in the black, however, as new StatCounter info supports the idea that the new engine is doing well.
Doubters may remain - and in the long-term, may or may not win the argument - but comScore and Hitwise (and StatCounter, for that matter) had already suggested that Bing's gaining on Google and Yahoo. The latest report adds a nice bar graph to the evidence pile.
Microsoft has not been in the spotlight this much for its offerings in search for quite some time. Whether or not you think Bing is a legitimate contender in the battle for search market share, you can rest assured that all eyes are upon it.
A number of research agencies have revealed new stats reflecting the interest level in Bing. So here is something of a round up of this data.
The Hitwise Numbers
Research reported by StatCounter says that Microsoft's new Bing search engine has taken over Yahoo for the second place slot in search market share. Clearly, it's getting a lot of attention since it just launched, so let's keep this in context.
Sorry, Bing fans, but Microsoft's new search engine seems to have stumbled before it even cleared the figurative gates. Fresh statistics from two different sources indicate that visits to Bing are already dropping.
Mozilla Firefox 3 surpassed Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 for the first time in February, according to monthly data from StatCounter.
Internet Explorer 7 continues to lead worldwide with 41 percent market share but Firefox 3 is now in second place with 24 percent market share.
There are a lot of data points that can be meaningful for tracking blog effectiveness. That is, tracking what happens when visitors arrive at and engage with your blog content. It really comes down to the purpose of your blog. Metrics for a blog that’s focused on making a web site more search engine friendly by adding crawlable content and attracting links is quite different than a blog that’s meant to build thought leadership or brand credibility.
StatCounter has made yet another addition to their web analytics framework by adding the ability to label IP addresses that visit your site.
Here's the offical post from the StatCounter Forum:
How this gives value to users:
- Help you identify click fraudsters
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