The October comScore numbers are in and Microsoft has inched upward for one more month with its Bing search engine.In October, Bing reached 9.9 %,
Office 2010 Key, with regards to percentage share of U.S. searches. Bing hit 9.4 % in September,
Microsoft Office 2010 Key, comScore;s data indicates.Bing;s development came at Yahoo;s — not Google;s — expense, however. According to comScore,
Purchase Windows 7, Yahoo was down to 18.0 % share in October,
Windows 7 Enterprise Key, from 18.8 % in September. Meanwhile, Google;s U.S. search share rose to 65.four in October,
Office Standard,from 64.nine in September, based on comScore;s data.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.