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Microsoft stops using Bing to trick people into thinking they’re on Google

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Microsoft has quietly killed off its spoofed Google UI that it was using to trick Bing users into thinking they were using Google .

The misleading UI no longer appears on the Google search result of Bing this week , just days after it was discovered by posters on Reddit .

Microsoft refused to comment on its fake Google UI , but Google was more than happy to offer up its opinion.

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38

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26

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22

Article tone

formal

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English

Language complexity

52

Offensive language

likely offensive

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short-lived

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