For normal use Bing will find something different on Microsoft’s search engines display this. Since yesterday, Microsoft put a small ad Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) on page Bing.
Apparently this is the way in promoting Microsoft’s new IE8. Microsoft all the way done, including mobilizing Bing ensure that more people are migrating to the newest version of your browser.
Occurrences Bing is bringing a unique concept, namely the search engine that displays the new photos as background images front page every day.
Well, now featured on Bing plus the presence of a small link at the top right corner of the photo reads: “Fast. Easy. Get Internet Explorer 8″ If clicked, the link directs users to a page promoting IE8, complete with links for free download that browser.
Microsoft did not answer directly when asked to comment about his strategy on promoting IE8 Bing page. But in his blog, Senior Director Business & Marketing Internet Explorer Microsoft’s Ryan Gavin said, they plan to continue to encourage users to upgrade IE6 to IE8.
As is known, IE6 was released in 2001 critics related vulnerabilities resulting ‘gap’ in the browser and ketidaksesuaiannya with some web standards.
“For several months, you’ve seen us trying to campaign to let users switch from IE6 to IE8 and IE9 coming soon. This effort will continue,” said Gavin.
This blog post and then accompanied the browser market share data released by Net Applications for August that showed IE8 continues to experience growth while IE6 vice versa. However, the market share for IE as a whole experienced a slight decline. This will sukseskah Microsoft campaign? We’ll see