Independent research suggests that Bing has cornered 12.7% of the market in the 12 months since it launched.
However Google has 62.6% and Yahoo 18.9%, according to figures from ComScore.
At a Microsoft summit to discuss Bing’s progress, the search engine’s executives admitted that there was “a long road ahead” for the site.
“There is something that we are doing that is clearly resonating but that said we are a low share player,” Satya Nadello of Microsoft’s online division told BBC News.
“We have barely gotten into double digits but we want this to …

Microsoft is working on pushing the Bing algorithm into Yahoo search, and hopes to be completed sometime in Q4 this year.
Under their partnership, Microsoft and Yahoo plan to join forces to go after Google’s dominating share of the search market. The deal got regulatory approval from both the United States and Europe in February, and Microsoft has started funneling cash to Yahooas things spin up.
“Right now, Yahoo engineers are joining Microsoft and they’re sharing ideas,” Yusuf Mehdi, senior vice president for Microsoft’s Online Audience Business, said Wednesday during his keynote at the Search …