Schmidt Sees Bing as Biggest Google Competitor
Schmidt Sees Bing as Biggest Google Competitor
Posted 09/24/2010 at 2:16pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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If Google CEO Eric Schmidt is the be believed, the Mountain View company is looking past upstarts like Apple and Facebook, and seeing their real competition in the Microsoft-run Bing search engine. "Bing is a well run, highly competitive search engine," Schmidt said the Wall Street Journal. While Apple might have a successful mobile platform, Bing is looking to go after Google's core business. Soon, Windows Phone 7 will give it a mobile platform for Bing to call its own.
With Bing's recent deal with Yahoo, they have moved solidly into second place in the search market. Google still holds the lion's share of the market, but Microsoft is determined to spend on search in a way they weren't in the past. Do you think Bing is really Google's biggest competitor, or is Schmidt just deflecting?
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RodneySB
September 24, 2010 at 2:35pm
Yahoo is and unless they change drastically always will be my homepage. NFL + UFC = win
erriwin
September 25, 2010 at 1:53pm
microsoft bought yahoo back in march - so I believe yahoo searches are now powered by bing
Although, personally, I enjoy the occasional yahoo game and IM service, I much prefer the streamlined and utilitarian functionality of google.
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