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Which could be read as trying to spoof some users into thinking they’re on Google.

Or you could just bang out Google.com into your address bar to avoid unnecessary steps.

Bing vs Google

For its part, Google seems to be taking Microsoft’s new tactic in stride.

New year; new low Microsoft."

This is far from the first time Microsoft has tried to trick users away from Google.

Bing looking like Google search

Some highlights include modifyingChromedownload sites, injecting polls into Chrome download pages and more.

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