Quick Peak? Bing’s Reign As #2 Search Engine Lasted One Day.

A couple of days ago we reported statistics from StatCounter suggesting the Bing , Microsoft's new "decision" engine, had bypassed Yahoo as the number 2 search engine in the U.S. and the world. Well guess what? That same data suggests Bing reign as #2 was extremely short-lived: As in one day. Yes, the same data now suggests that just as quickly as Bing shot up, it's now heading the opposite way. And in fact, it's still falling. On June 4, Bing had over 15% of the U.S. search share market, according to the data. On the same day, Yahoo had just over 10%. The following day, Yahoo had almost 11% while Bing had fallen below 10%. And yesterday, Bing had fallen to 6.68% while Yahoo rose again to 11.33%. Meanwhile, the same data suggests that while Google took a big dip during Bing's reign, it too has now started moving back upwards as Bing declines. Not that Google was in any real danger — on June 4 (the day of Bing's #2 position), Google had fallen to 72% of searches in the U.S. Now it's just about back up to 80%.