This type of strategy is sometimes called a “dark pattern,” or a deceptive pattern that tricks users into doing something they did not intend. Below the Google-looking search bar, including a Google ...

Microsoft is pulling yet another trick to get people to use its Bing search engine. If you use Bing right now without signing ...

A sneaky new behavior that Microsoft has implemented in Bing attempts to hide the fact that people are using Bing whenever they try to get to Google. Bing is a perfectly fine search engine, but ...

Update Jan. 15, 2025 at 10:56am ET: Microsoft reportedly killed off its Google-like Bing UI that seemed designed to trick users into using Bing. The original story follows below. Microsoft has ...

Update: Added Google's statement below. Microsoft Bing displays what is being categorized as a misleading Google-esque search page when users search for 'Google,' making it look like you are on ...

When users look up Google using Bing, the Microsoft-owned search engine displays a Google Doodle lookalike. The deceptive webpage could trick unsuspecting users into staying on Bing, as its layout ...

Now, Bing is hiding the Google search results and placing when you search Bing for the term Google. Plus, Bing is showing a "Promoted by Microsoft" search box. Here is what the search results page ...

SEE MORE Searching for “Google” on Microsoft Bing right now (when logged out) brings up a search experience that looks a lot like Google, with a graphic akin to one of the search giant’s ...

Microsoft has a habit of using a variety of tricks to convince people to keep using the defaults of Bing and Microsoft Edge ...