Is Bing an Important search engine for traffic
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Hi I would like to know if Bing is an important search engine for traffic. I have submitted my site to bing http://www.chesterhypnotherapy.com which is currently off line as i have just transfered it to a new hosting company and i have found in the past that i get very little traffic from it.
On average i would say i get around five a day where as with google i gets lots of traffic. I have submitted a site map to bing but that has not increased traffic.
Can anyone let me know for bing is an important search engine if you are targeting customers from the UK and if it is, does anyone have any ideas of how to increase traffic through bing
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I agree with Julian; follow the same SEO tactics that you would on Google. All search engines are important... Google has a higher importance because it has so many more users, but I wouldn't negate Bing/Yahoo. If it brings you more traffic, even if it is little, it is still traffic and that can be converted into a customer.
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http://www.hobo-web.co.uk/uk-search-engine-market-share/
Bing has atm a market sharefe 4,25 % And the seo tactics that lead to success are nearly the same that help you with Google! Just read some beginner stuff http://www.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-seo
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