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Bing’s Traffic now surpasses Digg, Twitter and CNN

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Ever since Bing’s successful first week launch based on its search engine capabilities it has given Google a scare with positive reactions from the online community. A lot us us thought that the traffic was high in the first few weeks because of the initial product launch.

Lets see where Bing stands after a month, according to Compete, Bing is now the 13th most visited site on the web with 49.57 million unique visitors in its first month as Microsoft’s official search engine. Bing’s traffic was higher than that of Digg (38.96 million) Twitter (23 million), and CNN (28.54 million). This number are only US visitors, since Compete only track US online data.

Interestingly Bing has now surpassed Live.com, its predecessor, which actually garnered 79.4 million visits in June. This can mostly be attributed to the fact that a lot of Microsoft services, most notably Hotmail, are on the Live domain.

Bing is showing some solid numbers and growth for its first month in existence and Microsoft’s spend in seach engine marketing for the year will help in consolidating its growth and postion. Still, it’s got a long way to go before it can begin to challenge Google’s top position in search engine marketing race.

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57 comments

Ajith July 9, 2009 - 11:47 am
Probably that's a short term phenomenon as people are curious to know what's different in this new search engine. I get two or three visitors from bing these days but I didn't find this search engine very exciting. .-= Ajith´s last blog ..10 Innovative & Interesting Search Engines =-.
ZK@Web Marketing Blog July 9, 2009 - 12:00 pm
This web marketing blog gets a lot more visitors from Bing than it did from Live...seems to index better than live..Search Relevancy is debatable .-= ZK@Web Marketing Blog´s last blog ..Bing’s Traffic now surpasses Digg, Twitter and CNN =-.
medium readings July 10, 2009 - 2:47 am
I am using it since last one month. I think it better than yahoo. What do you say about it. Bing is much faster than it. .-= medium readings´s last blog ..Are there any Exclusions? =-.
Ste@Free iPod July 9, 2009 - 1:28 pm
Interesting, it may be time to start SEOing for Bing do you think?
Custom term paper July 13, 2009 - 5:44 am
yea now its turn to optimize for a new high traffic providing search engine - BING ;) and its really amazing that Bing traffic have beat Digg, Twitter and CNN traffic now after a gr8 launch .-= Custom term paper´s last blog ..Un astudentessa racconta la propria preparazione agli esami universitari a Bari =-.
Chuggin@bunn coffee maker parts July 9, 2009 - 3:29 pm
I can't believe Bing had so much more traffic than Twitter! Google must be sweating. That is significant growth they should be proud of.
Gail July 9, 2009 - 8:11 pm
Good post. For Now Bing seems to be giving them all a run for their money. It will be interesting to see where they are in the standings in the next few months. .-= Gail´s last blog ..Make fast money with affiliate marketing =-.
Make Money Online July 9, 2009 - 9:20 pm
I agree with Ajith, it's because of people want to see what's new in the latest search engine. Anyway, me too had 2-3 traffic from Bing at the first 2 days of its' launch, but no more now. But it's good to see their achievement, let's see what happen after a few months later. Regards, Lee
UPrinting July 10, 2009 - 12:14 am
How interesting! I can't believe the sudden jump in the site traffic, how amazing. It would be interesting to see and observe though if this can hold out for Bing over the next months. If they manage to maintain the traffic then that could be a good judge that the site will hold out, unlike its predecessor. Google is probably holding their breath and will gauge if Bing is well on its way to grabbing some percentage of Google's audience share.
kitchen taps July 10, 2009 - 2:38 am
Yes, thats what i like the most about Bing. The result of images are just amaging of bing and thats also true that it is growing nowadays but google is the best for me and bing has to wait for beating google.
Stop Motion July 10, 2009 - 12:53 am
Gr8 !! Bing offers better indexing as well as page preview option that will make them more popular they have good local business listings with good custom map facilities.
videostar July 10, 2009 - 2:11 am
Bing has been developing greatly and Google may lose its position,because time flies quickly and everything changes in this world.
Bodrum Property July 10, 2009 - 2:34 am
google is much more powerful then bing, bing's image search i like more than google, else google is best for me always.
medium readings July 10, 2009 - 2:50 am
you are right that Google is better than Bing, But in some task Bing is better. It gives a close fight to Google. .-= medium readings´s last blog ..TESTIMONIALS FOR TANIA CHESLAW =-.
medium readings July 10, 2009 - 2:49 am
After using this new search engine I would like to say that we will see a close fight between Google and Bing. .-= medium readings´s last blog ..TESTIMONIALS FOR TANIA CHESLAW =-.
Telephone systems July 10, 2009 - 4:52 am
yes the traffic flow from Bing is good one. my websites n blogs are getting good amount of traffic from Bing but still i would say Google and Yahoo are better then Bing. Cant say yet as Bing is still growing on. .-= Telephone systems´s last blog ..Telephone Systems by Telephone Systems Direct =-.
Fine Teas July 10, 2009 - 6:24 am
Wow!! come on BING, Beat the Google machine! .-= Fine Teas´s last blog ..Who invented Video Games =-.
leon@affordable website design July 10, 2009 - 8:58 am
Im having mixed feeling about bing yes i like the setup. But what im seeing in my ppc campaigns not enough traffic that is what we want is traffic right. also, there advertising campaign is great on tv but, when they stop what will happen. less traffic. affordable website design company
Paul Nathan July 10, 2009 - 10:45 am
Well this is shocking, but this could be possible, it may be a short term phenomena as people are curious to know about new searching engines and they are just moving to that side, we all remember since April 2007, Microsoft has been sending weird referrals to many webmasters. They were known as internal cloaking tests designed by Microsoft's search quality team. But even though they promised to cool it with those visible tests, it came back time and time again. We have no word from Microsoft on this as of yet, but I am a bit suspicious of all these recent search share reports.
Website Marketing Joel July 10, 2009 - 11:22 am
Wow, those are incredible stats. They have really done a great job at marketing their search engine. Hopefully they can hold on to these noticeable improvements - it will be interesting to see. Google needs to setup a defensive as well by implementing new features to show their quality.
Kourtney July 10, 2009 - 2:53 pm
I'm not sure how I feel about Bing just yet. Google has been such a force in the past that I can't predict how well competitors will do. Time will tell, however, if the rising popularity of Bing is being caused by the hype of its newness or if it actually is a good search engine. .-= Kourtney´s last blog ..Travel is Easy - Finding Luggage? Not So Much =-.
james PHPList July 11, 2009 - 3:14 am
Yeah, I guess there's no stopping Bing now. The people behind Bing is as wise and clever as the people in Google. They're absolutely prepared and they're not about to be just a flash in the pan. SEO masters, start studying how to get high BR ( Bing Rank:) ). .-= james PHPList´s last blog ..Making The PHPList Form Integration Plugin Work =-.
Is BING CHEATING ? July 11, 2009 - 3:47 am
Is BING CHEATING ? Quote"Microsoft has been sending weird referrals to many webmasters. " Unquote Dear Mr Nathan and Others, I have Talked to Many of my Friends ... and They all say that ..The Crawling Activity of Microsoft is Much Much Less than Google... So How can it Index Pages from Their Site ... Esp. Its True for Medium to Small Sites with Fewer Links !! Now Just Look for Site:www.webtrafficroi.com on Google ... You will Get just 416 INDEXED Pages. After That Just Search http://www.webtrafficroi.com on BING... And You will get "SHOCKED".... BING Shows "EXACT REPLICA" of Pages Indexed By Google. Now, Its Upto Webmaster of This Site to CROSSCHECK ... whether Any Microsoft(msn) BOT has Ever Crawled your Website Significantly.
earn money writing July 11, 2009 - 8:41 am
who knows, dont think too much into it.
ZK@Web Marketing Blog July 11, 2009 - 8:43 am
Looks like someone sent you a spam mail .-= ZK@Web Marketing Blog´s last blog ..Bing’s Traffic now surpasses Digg, Twitter and CNN =-.
earn money writing July 11, 2009 - 8:39 am
That is super cool. Go BING!
paul July 11, 2009 - 8:42 am
Agreed .-= paul´s last blog ..Haylee Will Go To Foster Care Not Grandma =-.
paul July 11, 2009 - 8:41 am
It just goes to show you that advertising really works. .-= paul´s last blog ..Haylee Will Go To Foster Care Not Grandma =-.
A1WebTraffic July 11, 2009 - 9:59 am
Excellent statistics. Want to share this with my readers as well. Michael A1 Web Traffic - Highest quality human traffic for your website business!
game-girl July 11, 2009 - 9:30 pm
It is very interesting to see this race going on. .-= game-girl´s last blog ..Фильм City That Sailed с Уиллом Смитом? =-.
Squidoo Lens July 12, 2009 - 1:18 am
Bing is going to give a tough fight to Google in coming days. Bing already made news and attracted many internet users. Lets see. .-= Squidoo Lens´s last blog ..WTS Proxy Sites Cheap =-.
Tycoon Blogger @Promote your blog July 12, 2009 - 8:54 pm
I am not sold on Bing yet. Old habits are hard to break, I still turn to Google every time I need to search something. .-= Tycoon Blogger @Promote your blog´s last blog ..Sunday’s Best – week ending July 12, 2009 =-.
vertical jump July 13, 2009 - 1:38 am
Microsoft is really great upon innovating thing in technology aspect. As they have launched Bing it gained good traffic still it will take a long run before they match with the Goolge as the number 1 search engine. .-= vertical jump´s last blog ..World Sport 40 Inch Speed Training Parachute =-.
Alex-www.buytraffic24.com July 13, 2009 - 7:01 am
I am using it since last one week,is verry good.
Sam from Managed Hosting July 13, 2009 - 9:37 am
Interesting stuff. I'll be interesting to see if bing usage continues to rise or whether it falls back down after these initial results. Personally I'd be very surprised if they can get anywhere close to competing with Google, although they could push Yahoo. Easier to optimise for Bing than Google, so good in a way if their popularity rises.
Seaward July 14, 2009 - 3:27 am
I think Bing is the biggest contender of yahoo and Google.
neeshu July 16, 2009 - 11:41 am
Bing's traffic is increasing on daily basis no wonder it will surpass google real soon
Jean@ZineGuru Website Marketing July 16, 2009 - 12:46 pm
Nice post. Bing is a search engine to watch in the future. Already receiving traffic from Bing although not a lot. It's very fast when querying keywords.
Baby Gifts July 17, 2009 - 10:06 pm
Bing seems to be giving them all a run for their money. It will be interesting to see where they are in the standings in the next few months.
Bubba Moe July 18, 2009 - 3:17 am
Its really amazing that Bing traffic have beat Digg, Twitter and CNN traffic now after a gr8 launch
game-girl July 18, 2009 - 6:25 am
Now the time for Bing has come.The launch was a real success. .-= game-girl´s last blog ..В фильме Бюро снимутся Мэтт Дэймон и Эмили Блант =-.
Custom Essay July 22, 2009 - 9:18 am
Bing is doing great for SEO's. Yahoo is too slow to index your site and google take years to place you at top position.
used tires July 23, 2009 - 1:50 am
I like what I am hearing about Bing, increasing it's visitors, I hope it does continue to grow, and I hope it can do the hardest thing of all... retain it's new users that it has gotten. I only hope for Bing's success because I think we need a new challenger in the Search Engine World, even if Bing may not be better than Google, it Would still be fun to see Bing challenge Google. Although the hardest thing it will have to overcome is that everyone uses the word "Google it" when they refer to doing a search online in the real world, hehe. Till then, Jean
christian louboutin July 24, 2009 - 1:42 pm
I am daily checking the traffic that i get from BING its increasing Hope some good amt of users are using and soon it might increases
seo services August 4, 2009 - 2:09 am
Probably people are using bing.com to search because they think it's new and they are trying to get better results than google.
Sam from Managed Hosting August 4, 2009 - 3:46 am
If people are trying to get better results than they get in Google, then it shows that Google isn't as perfect as some people seem to think. I think there's still plenty of improvement that coould be made in search so an opportunity to Bing. However, I still don't think they'll be able to catch Google.
Ruri@Free article submission August 11, 2009 - 9:49 pm
I find bing is interested. Yeah the result is much better than yahoo. I also get more visitors from bing. What make me surprise the visitors from bing is stay longer. .-= Ruri@Free article submission´s last blog ..One of The Best Ways To Make Money Online =-.
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Insurance Leads October 3, 2009 - 12:27 am
I have no Experience Of Bing. i am always be work on Twitter & Digg not to be used CNN....But Twitter & Digg is very good site for Generating site Traffic.
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katrina kaif January 18, 2010 - 2:14 pm
Bing Search Engine is good but its really hard to surpass Google at this time .-= katrina kaif´s last blog ..Watch Tekken Movie Online Trailer =-.
Onibalusi@online success tips February 12, 2010 - 1:04 pm
I am happy to hear this, it is also clear that bing has a clear future. .-= Onibalusi@online success tips´s last blog ..INTERVIEW WITH NICEBLOGGER MIHAI BITU =-.
Mukesh April 7, 2010 - 12:22 pm
I guess people are not using it much yet that is why there is a huge difference between Google and Bing traffic. Also, the page rankings are different for my website on both the SEs. Let us see how does it unfold. Regards, Mukesh http://www.freecallshub.com .-= Mukesh´s last blog ..Pingo 20% Easter discount in April =-.
Alvia taylor May 8, 2010 - 11:42 am
I didn’t find this search engine very exciting.
Dan Calls September 2, 2010 - 12:24 pm
Frankly, Getting traffic is one things and getting returning traffic to SE is one thing. Bing have to increase faith and popularity is searches as Big G haves. I hope It will overcome Yahoo some day. But Big G is still far away. I still belive twitter will overcome it sooner or later, as it is emerging as best current search update engine. -- http://www.freemobilecalls.in
Cheap Voip Calls September 28, 2010 - 4:12 am
But since this happen Twitter has overcome Bing. Digg has gone further down. One has to come up with more web 4.0 thoughts and quick search results as Big "G" doing now a days.
Jobs in India September 30, 2010 - 4:19 pm
I am really surprised because Google is still the best when it comes to the search results and you mostly find your desired result in top 3 4 results... Surprised that people are still giving Bing a chance, even when Google is just getting better and better...

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