bing vs google search engine!

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco for the first time in three years to talk Bing vs. Google search, social media, mobile and more with John Battelle.

Battelle pried a few revelations out of Ballmer, perhaps the most surprising being that users should choose Bing because it’s pretty much the same as Google search.

Recalling that conversation from his last appearance at the event, Battelle asked Ballmer how Bing, which he’d referred to then as “his child,” is doing.

“We’re getting stronger every day,” he proclaimed. Since that last visit, they’ve more than doubled their U.S. search market share from 7 to 15 percent and moved into the position of number two player, behind Google, thanks in large part to the Microsoft-Yahoo Search Alliance.