Can Bing knock out the Goolgle?

CAN BING KNOCK OUT THE CHAMP? * A comparison between the current title-holder Google and Microsoft's search engine. Bing Google Currently, Bing is a very distant second to the undisputed champ, Google. But it's certainly not down for the count. Bing 25.9 % 68,7% Google 5.4 Other % of web searches ROUND Getting Started blp Launched as BackRub, Larry Page and Sergey Brin's search engine 1996 1997 Renamed Google 1998 Launched as MSN Search With more than 1 billion URLS in its index, Google surpassed Yahoo!, Magellan, Lycos, Infoseek, MSN, and 2000 Excite to become the largest search engine on the web. After many rebrands, it relaunched as Bing 2009 ROUND Market Share Google has long been dominant, but Bing is steadily gaining ground, moving into second place in December 2011. Bing's growth has come at Yahoo!'s expense, as the numbers two and three search engines traded places last year. % of the search market Google Bing Yahoo! March 2010 65.1% 11.7% 16.9% March 2011 65.7% 13.9% 15.7% March 2012 66.4% 15.3% 13.7% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Total searches Google Bing Yahoo! 10 Billion March 2010 1.8 Billion 2.6 Billion 11.1 Billion March 2011 2.4 Billion 2.7 Billion 12.2 Billion March 2012 2.8 Billion 2.5 Billion 2 billion 4 billion 6 billion 8 billion 10 billion 12 billion ROUND Powered-by Searches In addition to their own search engines, Google and Bing power embedded search on other websites Bing provides search for: Google provides search for: · AOL • CompuServe • Netscape · Ask.com Other • Yahoo! • MSN.com web portals · Facebook Social networks • MySpace · Ecosia.org • Ripple.org Donates 100% of proceeds to organizations such as Oxfam. Donates money to conservation efforts in the Amazon. Click-to- donate sites • English searches on Chinese search engine Baidu • SafeSearch for Kids • Certain religious websites • Voice search on the Kinect Other Xbox 360 ROUND 4 Social Search In 2012, both Google and Bing changed search results to incorporate information from your social networks. Bing: "Sidebar" Launch date: June 2012 Web Images Map Videos News Shopping Where you'll find it: In a sidebar on the right-hand side of search results page Which social networks are considered? Facebook for now, but Twitter and Google+ are coming soon How can you access? Sign into Facebook and install the Bing app Google: "Search Plus Your World" Launch date: January 2012 Boxing Where you'll find it: Web Images Integrated into search results Map Which social networks are considered? Videos News Shopping Google+ How can you access? Search while youre signed in to your Google account **** ROUND Semantic Search Google and Bing also went toe-to-toe with new features designed to deliver more direct answers about search terms, rather than just links to relevant web pages. Bing, in partnership with Britannica.com Web Images Map Videos News Shopping Where you'll find it: Boxing Integrated into search results 10,000 RESULTS Where the information comes from Encyclopedia Britannica How big is it? 120,000 articles What it includes A short summary of the subject Relevant facts and figures Links to web pages Google Knowledge Graph Boxing Where you'll find it: In a box on the right side of the screen Web Images Map Where the information comes from Videos Public sources such as Wikipedia, sources licensed by Google and Google search data News Shopping How big is it? 3 billion facts about more than 500 million objects What it includes Photos and relevant information about search terms Links to other objects within the Knowledge Graph *G* ROUND Top Searches Popular searches on Bing and Google differed significantly last year. Google's fastest-rising search terms in 2011 Bing's #1 searches in 2011 Person Justin Bieber Rebecca Black News story G* Google+ Casey Anthony Trial Athlete Hurricane Irene Maria Sharapova Musician Pinterest Justin Bieber Electronics Xbox Ryan Dunn TV show iPhone 5 American Idol Reality TV star Kim Kardashian Casey Anthony Late-night show Chelsea Handler Adele Movie TEPEAKING NEWS Osama bin Laden Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol Celebrity event Steve Jobs Royal Wedding **DECISION ** Google's heavyweight status looks safe for now, but Bing's growth rate has been impressive. Google Both search engines have come out swinging in 2012 with revamped search pages and partnerships to provide users more information in new formats. PapersOnTheDot Co.UK Sources: Google history, Google.com Press Releases, comScore, archives Google Launches Knowledge Graph to Provide Answers, Not Just Links. SearchEngineland.com, 2012. Bing introduces new Britannica Online Encyclopedia Answers. Bing, 2012. 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