Windows 7 rollout will eat away more of Google's market share

[kidder]

I just went through the process of doing an upgrade to Windows 7 on test PC and of course there was the opportunity to select a different search provider. Then you have to source out a decent email program so you grab live essentials and install it which of course offers you the chance to use Bing. With the volumes that Windows 7 will roll out at Google can expect to kiss quite a few more users goodbye you would expect.

[tedster]

You may be right - putting the choice squarely in front of people may generate some attrition for Google. It will be interesting to watch the numbers and see if there is an effect like this.

[signor_john]

Windows 95 was supposed to be an "AOL Killer" because MSN (the old Windows-based proprietary Microsoft Network) was on the Win95 desktop. It didn't happen, though.

Something else to think about: IE's share of the browser market has dropped, and Firefox's share has grown even though IE is the default Windows browser. (I have a site geared to the general non-technical population, and Firefox now represents about 24 percent of my browser traffic--something I never would have predicted a few years ago.)

[kidder]

The difference at this point in time is that Bing just might be a viable alternative search engine for the masses. As Tedster said it will be interesting to see how it plays out as Windows 7 gets some traction in the market. Vista is such a &%$@! burdon on system resources it will probably happen in a hurry!