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

Bing now displays a Google Search link as ... since removed the suspicious-looking Google Search skin at the top of its Google search result. So now, when you search for the word Google on Bing ...

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

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 ...

The misleading webpage automatically scrolls to hide Bing’s top search bar and shows a familiar illustration that resembles a Google Doodle. Below the image, it strategically places a blank ...

Update: Added Google's statement below. Microsoft Bing displays what is being ... page consisting of a search field with your search term at the top, followed by various user interface elements ...

Bing now displays a Google Search link as ... since removed the suspicious-looking Google Search skin at the top of its Google search result. So now, when you search for the word Google on Bing ...

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, ...

Moreover, it reported that the page scrolls down a little to hide the Bing logo and toolbar that appears on the top of the page to make it look even more like Google. While I could recreate the search ...

Any other search will restore Bing’s standard UI. Compare the screenshot at the top of this post, where I was searching for Google, to this one of me searching for BGR: Bing search results for BGR.

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is pulling yet another trick to get people to use its ...