Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Microsoft Bing uses search results from Google

Yesterday Google posted to their blog that Microsoft Bing has been stealing their search results, which Microsoft explicitly denies. Of course, Google has data to back it up, and their argument is pretty convincing if you ask me.

Check out the blog post and see what you think. Also, here is the original article posted at Search Engine Land.

Microsoft has responded to Google's claim by saying they use "over 1,000 different 'signals' and features" in their ranking algorithm and that "a small piece of that is clickstream data [they] get from some of [their] customers." Sounds to me like a cleverly-worded admission of guilt.

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