Being the best search engine was irrelevant to their rise. It's just a thing that happened to also (supposedly) be there.
Supposedly, as its ranking algorithm was so heavily gamed by 2007 (already risen; popularity incentivized effort to game) it was a complete joke. Powerful illusion again, as they just covered it up and moved on. Also, internal tests from around 2009-2010 showed Bing was seen by users as producing better-quality results.
Not only did they not have much marketing at the beginning, they also didn't have many users.
No, you are entirely wrong. There's no part of your "analysis" that has any relation to reality. I don't understand why you keep insisting.
(I worked for two of Google's competitors in the years where they grew from a student project to a huge business. I had the opportunity to take a peek of the code of two other competitors. Many of my former colleagues helped build Bing. I also worked at Google for a few years. I was there so I would know something about it)
Supposedly, as its ranking algorithm was so heavily gamed by 2007 (already risen; popularity incentivized effort to game) it was a complete joke. Powerful illusion again, as they just covered it up and moved on. Also, internal tests from around 2009-2010 showed Bing was seen by users as producing better-quality results.
Not only did they not have much marketing at the beginning, they also didn't have many users.