Only one firm can challenge Google as a search engine; it’s not Bing.

My first memorable encounter with the web was in early 2005. For a kid in a third-world country, this is quite early. I’ll admit that I have become a sort of an addict since this time, and you wouldn’t blame me…seriously. The Internet has become pretty relevant, for an idea that was considered unpractical when it emerged, just like Bitcoin when Satoshi released their whitepaper. And just like memecoins, Google has become one the most popular products of the internet. Surprisingly, it is ‘just’ a search engine and not some quantum-based 280 IQ level application. Not to talk down on everything Google has achieved over the years, but the search engine might appear to be the most basic, I’d put the Android OS above it.

But this search engine has remained undefeated through these years…and there have been serious attempts; Bing, Yandex, Yahoo, the list is a long one. Still, the distance between Google and its biggest competitor is much wider than the distance between the second-biggest search engine and the least ranked.

This is not some scholarly article, but let’s take a brief look at the numbers;

The Numbers

If you are running a search engine firm or planning to start one, you only have about 15% of the total market share to fight for…and just…