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UPDATE: Google Sets a Trap and Catches a Bing!

February 1, 2011

I, and not by myself, have been saying for years, that Google is really the only search engine to which you need to submit your new website. Now, it’s been proven.

“The company [Google] grew wary of potential copycats in October 2010 when engineers noticed that bizarre misspellings were returning the same set of results on both Google and Bing searches.

Unsure, but suspicious, Google set up a trap. From December 17 to December 31, engineers inserted a “honeypot” result as the top result for specific search queries — including, hiybbprqag, mbzrxpgiys, and indoswiftjobinproduction — and waited to see if the same results would appear on Bing. Lo and behold, the identical results popped up.”

As this news gets out, I can only speculate that MSFT stock will feel a hit, from wary investors and from an expected loss of search revenue.

Tsk, tsk, Mr. Gates.

UPDATE: Read the complete and original story at Search Engine Land
Google: Bing Is Cheating, Copying Our Search Results

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How To Disable “Google Instant”

September 10, 2010

If you’re not happy with Google’s new “Instant” search, which provides search results with every letter you type into the search box, here’s how to disable it and revert to the old way of searching.

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