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The results are in: Bing, Yahoo, and Google have all released their top search trends for 2009. We’ve been following them over the last few days, and decided we’d put them side by side to see if any interesting patterns emerged. Note that Bing’s results are US only (and Yahoo’s exclude other English-speaking properties) so we’re including Google’s US results for the most apples-to-apples comparison. Read More

Showing the power — and potential damage — of Twitter, Microsoft employees revealed the company plans to launch a new version of search engine Bing next week, reports seattlepi.com. When asked about it, a company spokesperson declined to say when the new version would be out. Read More

Yahoo bigwigs made clear Monday that they’re not throwing in the towel on search despite the company’s partnership with Microsoft, reports Computerworld. Read More

In the two months since Microsoft launched Bing, its new search engine has taken nearly a full point in market share in the U.S. But overseas, the Bing effect is not really being felt yet. The latest global search market share numbers (as opposed to U.S.) from comScore show Microsoft’s share of search queries actually declining by 0.1 percent in between June and July to 2.9 percent. (See chart below). Read More

The Q&A session following Yahoo’s “What Matters Most” event today was interesting. That is, interesting if you’re confused by the whole Bing/Yahoo strategy going forward. And it would certainly be understandable if you were — especially after an event in which Yahoo did a lot to highlight changes to its search product. You know, the one everyone thought Microsoft was now running. Read More

Apple still topped PCs in the annual American Customer Satisfaction Index survey, but the popularity of netbooks cut the margin, reports Computerworld. Read More

Another month, another report that Bing is chiming slightly louder. Analytics firm comScore has just released its latest figures on search market share, and once again Microsoft’s search engine has managed to grow while its competitors have seen modest losses. Read More