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Microsoft eclipses Yahoo in U.S. search

Published: January 12, 2012 8:19 AM
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE  The Associated Press

Bing and Microsoft's other websites fielded 2.75 billion

Photo credit: Handout | Bing and Microsoft's other websites fielded 2.75 billion search requests in the United States during December, catapulting in front of Yahoo Inc. for the first time.

Microsoft Corp. has finally reached a long-sought and expensive goal -- its Bing search engine now ranks second behind Google in the Internet's most lucrative market.

Bing and Microsoft's other websites fielded 2.75 billion search requests in the United States during December, catapulting in front of Yahoo Inc. for the first time in the jockeying for runner up to Google Inc., according to...

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