Microsoft has a habit of using a variety of tricks to convince people to keep using the defaults of Bing and Microsoft Edge ...
just like Google.com. If you search through this secondary search bar, that’s where the facade ends, as you’ll be directed to a typical Bing search results page. But the quick change in design ...
Microsoft faces backlash after Bing mimics Google's interface, sparking criticism from Google Chrome's security chief. Microsoft designed Bing to look like Google when users search for "Google ...
Microsoft has suddenly backtracked after being caught “ tricking ” users, with a homepage designed to look and feel like Google’s own when Windows users searched for Google itself. The head of Chrome ...
Microsoft is trying out a pretty unusual strategy to stop Bing users from switching to Google when they need to search for something. As spotted by Reddit users, and reported on by Windows Latest, ...
The only visible clues you are not on Google is that bing.com shows in the address bar and there is text promoting Microsoft Bing under the search bar. One user who shared the change with ...
Windows Latest first spotted the situation, describing it as a “genius move to keep you from Google search.” It’s part of a larger pattern by Microsoft to get Google users to switch to Edge and Bing, ...
Microsoft would really, really, really like you to use Bing, its self-branded search engine that competes against Google’s monopoly. Not only is it hardwired into much of Windows and other ...
Bing resembles Google, perhaps on purpose. Bing and Google searches often search for the word Google. Microsoft is using Google-like art on Bing. You can test this for yourself on your desktop ...
If you can’t beat ’em, spoof ’em. At least, that appears to be Microsoft’s strategy for Bing, which now mimics the UI of Google.com when you search for “Google” on Bing.com.