Microsoft Bing has reportedly modified the consumer interface of its search consequence web page to make it appear as if Google. As per the report, this specific consequence web page design solely seems when customers seek for “Google” on the Bing search engine. The consequence web page reportedly imitates a number of components from Google’s dwelling web page reminiscent of a doodle on prime of the search bar and textual content beneath the search bar. Google Chrome head criticised the transfer by the Redmond-based tech big and referred to as it a “new low.”
Microsoft’s Bing Reportedly Pulls a New Trick to Stop Leaving Users
The Windows maker is just not new to pulling off shenanigans to cease customers from utilizing its rival Google’s merchandise. For a number of years now, the Edge browser has proven a pop-up immediate when getting into the Google Chrome web page to dissuade customers from putting in the browser. Now, it seems that the tech big has focused Google Search with its new trick.
The Verge reported that the search consequence web page for Google on Bing was redesigned to look just like the unique dwelling web page of Google. The new web page reportedly featured a doodle which was visually just like doodles made by the Mountain View-based tech big. Based on the screenshot shared, a search bar was additionally positioned in the course of the display and textual content in a small font was added beneath imitating Google Search.
Interestingly, the publication reported that the Bing outcomes web page additionally robotically scrolled down barely to cover the Microsoft Bing emblem on the prime of the web page. It was solely after a consumer manually scrolled the web page would they observed the standard Bing interface, the screenshot highlighted.
Notably, when Gadgets 360 workers members opened the outcomes web page, it confirmed the standard interface. While we couldn’t affirm the presence of the spoofed outcomes web page, 9to5Google and Windows Latest additionally reported this incident. It is probably going that Microsoft rolled again the brand new UI after the backlash.
Parisa Tabriz, the Vice President and General Manager of Google Chrome, criticised Microsoft in a publish on X (previously referred to as Twitter) for the transfer and referred to as it a “new low.”
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