Microsoft Is Using Bing To Trick People Into Thinking They’re On Google

Microsoft is pulling yet different instrumentality to get group to usage its Bing hunt engine. If you usage Bing correct now without signing into a Microsoft narration and hunt for Google, you’ll get a page that looks an atrocious batch like... Google.

It’s a clear effort from Microsoft to make Bing look for illustration Google for this circumstantial hunt query, and different searches conscionable database nan accustomed Bing hunt results without this emblematic interface. The Google consequence includes a hunt bar, an image that looks a batch for illustration a Google Doodle, and moreover immoderate mini matter nether nan hunt barroom conscionable for illustration Google does. Microsoft moreover automatically scrolls down nan page somewhat to disguise its ain Bing hunt barroom that appears astatine nan apical of hunt results.

While Bing still surfaces hunt results for Google underneath this spoofed Google UI, a batch of group will spot this interface erstwhile they configure a caller PC and hunt for Google successful nan reside barroom of Microsoft Edge. As 9to5Google points out, it’s a sneaky move from Microsoft to effort and support group utilizing Bing alternatively of switching to Google.

Microsoft has a wont of this benignant of behavior, too. We’ve been cataloging each instrumentality Microsoft has utilized to personification group to move to Bing aliases Edge alternatively of Google and Chrome complete nan past less years. Microsoft has modified Chrome download sites, added pop-up ads into Google Chrome connected Windows, injected polls into Chrome download pages, and moreover utilized malware-like popups to get group to ditch Google.

Google too has its ain notifications connected its websites to beforehand group to download Chrome alternatively of Microsoft Edge, but they’re obscurity adjacent arsenic fierce arsenic Microsoft’s usage of operating system-level popups and website modifications.