ComScore gives Bing's second week thumbs up

InternetNews | at | by Mike

Maybe it's a case of third time's the charm, or perhaps it's just consumer curiosity, but Microsoft's new Bing search engine has gained market share its second week in a row, according to net tracking firm comScore.

Microsoft officially launched its Bing search engine on June 3, and briefly surged ahead of its closest competition Yahoo that day, according to tracking firm StatCounter.

While Bing didn't stay in second place very long, though, it did pick up some market share during its first full week, according to figures calculated by tracking firm comScore, which tracks searches in the U.S.