Does Microsoft's Bing have Google running scared?

Microsoft may have developed a contender that threatens Google's Web search dominance.

In a story headlined "Fear grips Google," the New York Post reports that the launch of Microsoft's Bing search engine has so upset Google co-founder Sergey Brin that he has top engineers working on "urgent upgrades" to Google's service. Brin is said to be leading a team to determine how Microsoft's search algorithm differs from the closely guarded one Google employs. The tabloid also notes that it's rare for Google's co-founders to have such a hands-on involvement in the company's daily operations.

"New search engines have come and gone in the past 10 years, but Bing seems to be of particular interest to Sergey," an anonymous source described as an "insider" told the newspaper.

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This is so interesting! Google seems sacred.

I predicted this when Bing was announced.

How many people actually USE bring compared to Google though?
Google no doubts have something they haven't announced anyway, they've always kept stuff private unless beta is released, Chrome, etc.

The GeekPolice analytics counter tracks more people coming in from Bing than Yahoo or Live before Bing was launched, maybe it's just people trying to test it out... or is it really gaining market share over Google?

I still prefer Google because it has so many accounts in one, such as Gmail, blogger, youtube, webmaster tools, google analytics etc.

We'll wait and see. Googling is like a habit to me.