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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, taking advantage of their positions as the default browser and search engine in Windows.

Microsoft is pulling yet another trick to get people to use its Bing search engine. If you use Bing right now without signing into a Microsoft account and search for Google, you’ll get a page that looks an awful lot like... Google.

The interface features a search bar, a Google-like image at the top, and text below the search bar that mimics Google’s layout. The page even scrolls down a bit to hide Bing's u

Microsoft recently introduced another tactic in its ongoing efforts to encourage users to choose Bing over Google. The Redmond-based corporation seems acutely aware that many users

I report on how some Google representatives are active within the SEO communities, offering SEO support and encouragement of sorts, to the SEO community. This year is no different and we have numerous Googlers and Microsoft Bing representatives active on New Years Eve and New Years Day (the day is not over) online and active in the SEO communities.

This blur in style may be the reason Microsoft is currently using some Google-looking art when you search the word Google, complete with a search box, just like a Google Doodle. Yep, when you search the word Google on Bing,

Second: My use of Edge means I sometimes accidentally use Bing, Microsoft's Google-but-worse, whenever I search for something in the URL bar. I could go into the settings and switch my default search engine,

If you can't beat 'em, just imitate their branding, hide yours and hope they don't notice It looks like Microsoft has come up with a new trick to keep those who accidentally end up on Bing from leaving for Google: Simply mimic the look of Google's homepage and hope no one will notice.