Watch Out, Google: Bing Nabs 30% of Search Market

Watch Out, Google: Bing Nabs 30% of Search Market

Microsoft’s search engine Bing now accounts for 30% of U.S. web searches, according to a Experian Hitwise report. Bing-powered queries — made up of searches from Bing.com and Bing-powered searches on Yahoo and the websites of other notable partners — accounted for 30.01% of searches in April, according to the Hitwise report.

Bing-powered searches rose 5% and Bing.com searches rose 6% month-over-month, respectively. The number of Google searches dropped 3% from the month previous and 11% from the same period in 2011, accounting for 64.42% of U.S. searches in April. Bing-powered search, on the other hand, gained 11% in year-over-year percentages. Read more…