Everyone Talks About Google Is Bing and Yahoo Worth It

Faulse. It's under 30% of traffic now.
Is 30% not much? I don't think so.

I'm working on bing and i can tell you, that it CAN bring traffic. And it can do that quite well.

Interesting comment so far guys, relating to which search engine gives you the most hits, unique visits or traffic.

My follow up question is ... Has anyone you know actually tested which search engine actually generated the most buyers percentage-wise?

I would assume Google, based on the shear volume, but they may also have the most information seekers, freebie hunters and curiosity seekers too.

I'd be curious to know the numbers. I'm sure they exist somewhere.

I think people make the mistake of thinking, oh bing is just a search engine like google,
so what the heck? Then talk about some 30% of something.

Problem is, they are different as night and day. That's like saying that some tee-ball team
is a baseball team, so why go see the Yankees play?

Look at the difference and the difference is key. The Yankess could be seen as
Baseball with a capital B. That tee-ball team is for neighborhood ex-soccer moms
to give Junior a chance to play. The audiences are not the same. They serve a
different purpose.

Bing serves a much different purpose than Google. So when one talks about 30%
of something going for bing, that does not really compute to 30% of what the rest of
the world does. They have different audiences. Ditto for comparing FB to google.

It's not about appearing in search results in bing. It's about who is actually looking
at them. Right now, the audience on google has spoken.

How much money online do you think MS has made with Bing?

Answer: Not a penny. They have lost billions over the past few years, and
millions more this year. Yes, million$. What does that say about their
audience? They are on track to lose a billion dollars more this year.

Paul

Seems plausible that Bing and Yahoo could convert better. Although Google gets more traffic. Bing and Yahoo has less noise (on the competition side). So it could be a two-edge sword that could possibly work in your favor.

The only way to tell ... is to test it. I'm sure some products or services convert better than others.

I wonder how many people just "assume" Google is the better across the board converter just because ... it's Google.

But they've never tested multiple product, timing, marketing situations on its own. Just askin'.

Don't get me wrong I'm not questioning whether Google is the biggest, best or even most beneficial. But so is a Rolls Royce. But is it the best for all things, people, products and situations?