Market Share between the major search engines has fluctuated the past few months. Since the decrease in February, Yahoo!, Google, and Bing have increased their market share. However, when compared to last year, Google's search engine market share has decreased by 2.92%. Yahoo! and Bing, on the other hand, have an increase in their market share of 2.8% and 2.94% respectively. With the Yahoo! and Bing's partnership, Google can expect more competition in the market. Statistics provided by Net Market Share.
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The numbers speak for themselves – stick with Google. Microsoft’s Bing advertisement system is up and coming, and will be a real contender in the near future, but that’s still a year (or more like two) away. Google Adsense is still incredibly cheap and easy to implement, whereas Bing ads haven’t been as field-tested as I’d personally like. Stick with what works, until the numbers reflect better change.
I’d imagine if Bing managed a 25 or 30% market share I’d just quickly, or try to integrate both.