Well i don't think so that Bing can compete Google because Google has the majority of traffic and Bing haven't this much of traffic. Google the major shareholder of the internet world.
No, Bing will never surpass Google. Never say never, it could happen but it would be the longest road. You have to consider that Google is a work horse and they are constantly pushing agendas and tactics which will make you want to use them more and more. Google+ is a perfect example. While Google+ hasn't been able to engage users like Facebook it still has value because it can help postings have higher returns in the search engines. I don't think Bing even has anything on the table that would do that for its own engine. Google is highly innovative and popular and will remain so.
I wouldn't say that its any better than Google or Yahoo for niche sites. In fact, I get much better conversion rates from Google than Bing. Google will also bring you in a lot more traffic.
I think the quality of the results you get in bing are just not good enough. Even with google changing things up regularly the quality of the searches they provide are much better. I think that's the first starting point for them to get on the same page as google. Until then they'll never come close.
Google has reached a point in its existence where its now unconquerable. Bing is a great search engine. But you really can't challenge the reputation that Google has built over the years. It's such a waste when Yahoo didn't seize the chance to acquire Google several years back, Yahoo would be dominating right now.
You know, in my opinion, I feel that didn't really take much O.T. I have actually heard quite a few people are using Bing these days as opposed to Google, however I feel that Bing get's some if its users from setting search in Internet Explorer to Bing by default however even at this some users are smart enough to change their home page to Google and it completely offsets what Microsoft is trying to do.
I would say no, never, google has smashed it any SEO work I do is for google, no one cares about bing lol but it does get used by some
Google is collaborating with companies worldwide like samsung phones now have google as major search engine while the Bing search is integrated by default only in Windows Phones and the world is moving slowly from PC's to Tablets and Mobile Phones.
Bing is a good search engine but it can definitely never compete with Google as it is mother of all search engines and it's worldwide reach and response make it the best of all.
Bing never can beat Google in search engine, Google has proven that and continue to prove it but Yahoo and Bing is Google's competitor and a great alternative. Bing doesn't have what Google has and is very far apart from Google, as Google has YouTube, Google+, Blogging platform, Groups, Picasa and among others. In the counts of products Yahoo is #1 and Google is second then Bing is third but as a whole, Google is #1, Yahoo! is #2 and Bing is #3.