Salon.com > Bing http://www.salon.com Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:20:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Bing vs. Google: Where should you shop? http://www.salon.com/2012/11/30/bing_vs_google_where_should_you_shop/ http://www.salon.com/2012/11/30/bing_vs_google_where_should_you_shop/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:45:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13110665 Tut, tut; this isn't what we call the Christmas spirit. Just in time for the full-throated final stretch roar of the holiday shopping season, Microsoft has launched a nasty attack on Google, accusing the search giant of betraying its principles by including paid advertisements for retail outlets in its Google Shopping search results.

In the beginning, Google preached, "Don't Be Evil" -- but that changed ... when Google Shopping announced a new initiative. Simply put, all of their shopping results are now paid ads ...

... We say that when you limit choices and rank them by payment, consumers get Scroogled. For an honest search result, try Bing.

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