When most people hear the phrase “search engine,” Google comes to mind. Of course there was a time when Yahoo was top of mind, but Google pretty quickly dispensed with the competition. Now Microsoft wants to challenge Google’s dominance with Bing.
So how is Bing faring? The folks at TechRepublic recently conducted a poll on their blog, asking IT people to name their default search engine. At last count, Google was still scoring 81 percent, with Bing coming in a distant second at 11 percent. Yahoo was the default search engine for only four percent of respondents.
When it comes to unseating the default, the survey also showed that only 14 percent of respondents had recently changed their default search engine, while 86 percent said they had not changed their default in some time.