Comments on: Microsoft’s Next Search Move? Bing Merchandise.

By: melatoninlady

melatoninlady — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:02:52 +0000

Microsoft Bing would be the closet competitor of Google. but i still use Google because it shows more relevant results on the serp.

By: evankline

evankline — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:42:30 +0000

You’re looking at this from the point of view of someone who already knows about Bing. I think the idea is to get the name out there to the non tech geeks. It’s not about having clothing for those who want it. It is just one more part of brand recognition.

By: JustCallMeBen

JustCallMeBen — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:36:52 +0000

MS is doing the only thing it’s good ad: instead of drawing users to them (by, for example, offering a superior product or fair prices :p), it’s putting itself out there getting in everybody’s face, hoping people will choose them, just because it’s there.

It’s working with IE and all Windows-bundled apps, so MS continues to use this strategy. But it won’t work here: people are already using google. The average consumer doesn’t want to switch, since switching scares them and the power-user won’t switch to bing cause power-users want to make their decisions themselves.

This is why Live search failed, and this is why Bing too will crash and burn :)

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By: Bingy User

Bingy User — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:57:45 +0000

So you don’t call a 22% increase statistically significant?

http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2009/6/Bing_Continues_to_Show_Growth_in_Search_Activity_According_to_comScore