Microsoft is employing a deceptive tactic to entice users to Bing by mimicking the Google homepage when searching for 'Google' without a Microsoft account. The simulated Google interface includes a search bar, a Google Doodle-like image, and text resembling Google's, effectively disguising Bing's interface.
Microsoft is pulling yet another trick to get people to use its Bing search engine . If you use Bing right now without signing into a Microsoft account and search for Google , you’ll get a page that looks an awful lot like... Google . It’s a clear attempt from Microsoft to make Bing look like Google for this specific search query, and other searches just list the usual Bing search results without this special interface.
As 9to5Google points out, it’s a sneaky move from Microsoft to try and keep people using Bing instead of switching to Google. Google’s Chrome boss, Parisa Tabriz, made her feelings about Microsoft’s Google spoofing clear in an X post today. “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but Microsoft spoofing the Google homepage is another tactic in its long history of tricks to confuse users & limit choice,” says Tabriz. “New year; new low Microsoft.
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