I just bought a Windows Home Server from HP tonight. I purchased the EX485 that has a single 750 GB hard drive for $449.00. This is a two day sale from HP and is about the best price I have seen for the EX485 in the last 6 months that I have been looking at the WHS systems. I was starting to lean towards building my own system due to costs, but for $449.00 the EX485 is a very good deal… It is also especially good since I purchased it through Bing Cash Back.
Comscore has released the search market shares for this week and Bing.com is up to 12.1%. It is good to see some competition for Google in search, next needs to be advertising. Competition is good for the market and just like Microsoft needs Apple and Google to compete in the OS maket, Google needs some competition in search and advertising.
Microsoft Sites Search Performance
Work Week: 5/25/09 – 6/12/09
Total U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore qSearchWork Week
5/25/09-5/29/09
6/1/09-6/5/09
6/8/09-6/12/09Searcher Penetration (Avg. Daily)
13.7%
15.8%
16.7%
I was reading TechCrunch this morning and was surprised to see the review for Microsoft’s new search engine Bing. Bing is the replacement for Live Search. I haven’t had a chance to try it out much, but so far it is much needed improvement over Live search. Not sure if it has hit the Google level yet, but I’ll use Bing for my main search engine just like I used Live.
Well give Bing a try and see what you think. I’ll make my assessment after a few days of use.