Suspecting rival Bing piggybacks off its results, Google ran a sting operation to catch Bing in the act. Google says it’s proven that Bing copies results from users’ searches and uses the info to bolster its own output. [More]
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Microsoft Trying To Buy Its Way To Search Supremacy
By 11.24.09
Microsoft wants to pay Newscorp to de-index its stories from Google, giving Bing a leg-up in searches. [More]
Yahoo and Microsoft Will Tag-Team Up To Battle Google
By 7.29.09
In a schoolyard bully battle royale, Microsoft and Yahoo are joining forces to target Google, with the aim of relieving the company of its search engine dominance.
Delusional Microsoft Is Betting Big Money It Can Out-Search Google
By 5.26.09
If Microsoft has its way bending your brain with a megabucks ad budget for its forthcoming Bing search engine, someday you’ll replace the verb “googled” with “binged.” Which could give new meaning to the phrase “binged and purged,” but whatever.
