That’s according to a study by market research firm comScore. The company found that Bing is the most popular search term for both desktop and mobile users in the United States. Google is also the most popular search term in Europe, Asia Pacific, and South America. In the United States, Google is second only to Yahoo! as the most popular search term.
The search engine giant is facing legal issues in Europe over its dominance in the search space. However, Google says that people choose to use its search engine rather than being forced to use it.
According to 9To5Google, Alphabet, Google’s parent company, submitted evidence in court that the most common search term on Bing is actually “Google.” That means that many people who are forced to use Bing for one reason or another actually use it to try to get to Google.
Here’s what Alphabet’s lawyer said regarding people using Bing to get to Google:
Because Alphabet’s lawyer is submitting these claims in court, we must assume the data is accurate. Otherwise, the company would be perjuring itself, which would certainly not be an intelligent decision.
Presumably, people use Bing because it’s the default search engine in Microsoft’s Edge browser, and they don’t know how to change it. So, they use the default search engine in the browser to get to Google to find the information they need.
Whatever the reason, it seems clear enough that people do choose to use Google search. Even when Google isn’t forced on people through their browser or OS, like on Android, they turn to Google anyway to find what they want.
