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 ...

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

Microsoft is trying out another new tactic to stop people from switching to Google products -- and it's even dodgier than the ...

Microsoft removed its Google-like search box on Bing after being called out by the web and Google's Chrome VP. Bing now displays a Google Search link as the first search result, eliminating ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you want to search Google, typing "Google" in the address bar will search for the term using the default search engine: Bing. This is all well and good—after all, Bing is still a good search ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

How novel. When news broke of Microsoft's mimicry, Vice President and General Manager of Google Chrome, Parisa Tabriz, let loose a tweet on X calling out Bing's flagrant tactic to keep its users ...