Google gets less than 90% of search traffic for the first time in 10 years
Google gets less than 90% of search traffic for the first time in 10 years
The statistics show Google had less than 90% search market share in Q4 of 2024, but which competitors are benefiting?
tl/dr: Bing is second with 4% and Yandex is third.
My guess is people use Bing when Microsoft literally forces them to or they don't know how to change it (start menu search, Edge default), for downloadable images, and porn.
Yandex is the only search engine available without fuss in Russia.
I'm honestly really surprised that Baidu doesn't have ~20% of the market.
Can someone who knows more than me about China maybe explain?
Regarding Baidu it's probably a statistic collection problem, very common in regards to measuring Chinese Internet usage
I'm using Ecosia, which is (as far as I know) based on Bing and I really like it. The search quality really isn't bad at all. (and I'm searching a lot online) Also it feels more to what I'm used to, without AI answers and other stuff that I don't like at the top of the results.
Ecosia uses Bing and Google. Which search provider it uses for you depends on your location and settings you can specify.
https://ecosia.helpscoutdocs.com/article/579-search-results-providers
(I have no idea whether that link will show you German or English text depending on where you are, and frankly, I hate the modern internet a bit for things like that.)
Interestingly, DDG (using bing) usually gives me the same or better results as google itself. As for yandex, while it is russian it has an english .com version as well and it has the somewhat unique ability to find things the american engines filter out, coming in handy when looking for certain things 🚢 ☠️.
So that might make a decent subset of (western) users use those engines deliberately
Bing's solid for porn.
It has definitely also gotten worse in the last two ish years though. Or maybe my tastes have gotten weirder.
I use bing for the points. Free gamepass.
Microsoft is a nasty monopoly. I wouldn't cheer for them. Ever.
anywhere where the US government is less trustworthy than Russia
oof, that's a difficult decision...
These are Statcounter stats, which are typically put together by tacking traffic reported by web sources. I'm guessing Chinese search may not be referring too many people to the sites that contribute info to Statcounter.
Also worth noting that AI search isn't counted hear, as far as the original source can tell. Maybe Google users are more likely to migrate to AI solutions (or just have more AI solutions available) than some of the alternatives listed here.
I'd like to believe it's cause of the poor search results comming from google.
Ecosia has gotten pretty good the last few years.
I use kagi and pay with my crypto
Honest question - why the down votes? I've used the free Kagi searches for several quite specific things that ddg (Bing) anf Google failed and found the results very well-suited. I just haven't exhausted my 300 free searches yet so haven't had a need. What does the community have a negative opinion about it for?
Maybe the crypto thing, but also no sure.
Google isn't a very good search engine anymore, whoch makes sense as that's not their priority.