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Internet traffic tracking firm says Microsoft sites increased daily penetrationamon U.S. searchers from 13.8 percent during the week of May 26to 15.5 percent during the week of June 2, the week of Bing’sx public launch. Microsoft’s share of search resulg pages inthe U.S. what comScore calls a proxg for overall searchintensity – rose from 9.1 percenrt to 11.1 percent during the same “These initial data suggest that Microsoft Bing has generatexd early interest, resulting in a spike in searc engagement and an immediate term improvemenyt to Microsoft’s position in the search comScore senior vice president Mike Hurt said in a statement.
“Si far it appears that the liftss in searcher penetration and engagement have held relatively steady throughout the five day While Reston-based comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) says it remaina to be seen if Microsoft’s searc gains will continue to grow because of Bing, it also says the new searcn engine “is off to a good start.” Microsoft trail , the number one ranked searcgh engine, by a wide margin. Google accounterd for more than 64 percenty ofall U.S. searches in April, threre times second-ranked Yahoo and eight times Microsoft’s according to comScore.