Is Google Quaking in their Boots?

**Brainerd Minnesota** · 08-16-2009, 08:32 PM

Did anyone see that Google has started advertising in metropolitan areas? They are advertising web apps/services on billboards. This new (to google) marketing strategy makes me wonder if they are actually nervous about Bing.

I don't think they have ever had to do that kind of advertising to get their message to the users maybe it has something to with Google users being more active and loyal than bing or Yahoo users. Perhaps that is changing though..

Internet data firm StatCounter said Microsoft's new Bing search engine had 9.41 percent of the U.S. market in July, up from 8.23 percent in June. Google's share slipped to 77.54 percent from 78.48 percent. With Bing's large advertising campaign and ever-so-slowly increasing search % increases, it will be interesting to see how it unwravels. I'm going to keep a sharp eye on these numbers. Unless I am mistaken this is the first time that the numbers have gone against Google. If that is the case you can believe that they aren't sitting back idly.

**linkers** · 08-29-2009, 10:22 AM

It depends on the webmaster how they want their website to be fetched for results.

**markgoodwin** · 08-31-2009, 05:56 AM

I would doubt that very much, Google are at the cutting edge of search and as far as I can see will remain that way.

**AlfredRE** · 09-14-2009, 12:29 PM

I've said this before, but Bing and Yahoo can't compare to Google at all.

I can take a site with no content and end up high in the results for Bing and Yahoo right away. With Google it takes months.

I believe people who use Bing and Yahoo are mainly computer illiterates who don't know how to change their browser's homepage. My hits from them rarely yield quality results like I get from Google, because they're simply not finding what they're looking for.

That being said, Bing is a big step up from MSN's old engine, but it still needs work. Furthermore, I doubt Google is quaking because they have their own browser which is gaining popularity and their own OS coming out.

(I'm not a Google fanboy either. It's just the only engine I see worth in concentrating on right now.)