Bing Beats Yahoo in Less Than a Week

It has only been about an week since Microsoft's next generation search engine was released and we’re already seeing how it is making a mark in the search industry.

Bing now accounts for 16% of searches on the internet which is 6% more that Yahoo’s 10%.

The United Kingdom is one of the last countries to jump on the Bing bandwagon with only 2.9% of the market share in the UK.

Google still has its lead but Bing took 2nd place at Google expense, says StatCounter.

"It remains to be seen if Bing falls away after the initial novelty and promotion but at first sight it looks like Microsoft is on to a winner," said Aodhan Cullen, CEO of StatCounter, which analyses four billion of page-loads each month.

Microsoft held a big launch party for Bing here in Seattle earlier this week, and is still beaming a giant searchlight into the sky to celebrate Microsoft's rebranding and revamping exercise.