Still not sure if you should worry about search engine submission to Bing and other, smaller SEs? Nielsen just released the latest search market share numbers, and the Redmond company’s definitely in the running with their latest search engine revamp. Bing’s market share in February was 12.5%, which represents an all-time high. Bing has grown continually since it launched last year (except for a brief dip in December), and February’s numbers are a solid 15% increase from its January market share.
Google, on the other hand, had worse luck, with two straight months of falling market share.
Google is actually in worse shape no than they even were in November. Yahoo as well has seen a steady decline.
It’s time to stop ignoring the fact that while Google may be monarch, it’s definitely not of all the internet surveys. Get a search engine submission service to properly submit your website not only to the big three, but to the innumerable smaller SEs that just might bring you some of your best traffic.
Especially if you serve news, you should make sure you can be found elsewhere than Google. In fact, Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism issued their State of the Media report showing how people search for news:
Google comes in 4th on Hitw2ise and 6th in rank on Neilsen:
Stop thinking Google is the end all, and make sure you are covered in many different search engines for better coverage!
Tags: Bing, Google, search engine submission, Yahoo