Is Microsoft's Bing really a better search engine? Since it debuted last month, it has earned praise for the smart way it presents results and how it lets users preview Web sites without clicking through to them. Yet a closer look at its results reveals why loyal Yahoo users may not end up happy with the deal the company announced Wednesday, which calls for Bing to replace Yahoo Search. ComScore says 19.6 percent of Web users go to Yahoo for their searches. Microsoft draws fewer, at 8.4 percent.
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August 2, 2009
The Search Engine The Search Engine Scrimmage
Is Microsoft's Bing really a better search engine? Since it debuted last month, it has earned praise for the smart way it presents results and how it lets users preview Web sites without clicking through to them. Yet a closer look at its results reveals why loyal Yahoo users may not end up happy with the deal the company announced Wednesday, which calls for Bing to replace Yahoo Search. ComScore says 19.6 percent of Web users go to Yahoo for their searches. Microsoft draws fewer, at 8.4 percent.
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