The October comScore numbers are in and Microsoft has inched upward for a different month with its Bing lookup engine.In October, Bing arrived at 9.nine %, when it comes to percentage share of U.S. searches. Bing hit 9.four % in September,
Office 2007 Pro Plus Key, comScore;s data signifies.Bing;s growth arrived at Yahoo;s — not Google;s — expense, however. According to comScore, Yahoo was down to 18.0 percent share in October, from 18.8 % in September. Meanwhile, Google;s U.S. lookup share rose to 65.4 in October,from 64.9 in September, based on comScore;s information.In October, Microsoft began rolling out a number of enhancements to Bing, culminating in a bigger “2.0″ fall refresh last week.
If Microsoft;s lookup game plan is built on the idea of growing share substantially by combining forces with Yahoo, Yahoo;s continuing share loss is looking less and less likely to shore up that plan.