Microsoft has a habit of using a variety of tricks to convince people to keep using the defaults of Bing and Microsoft Edge in Windows, including modifying Chrome download sites and using malware-like popups to get people to ditch Google. Microsoft has even previously had to reverse pop-up ads inside Google Chrome to address “unintended behavior.”

The trick started on the Bing homepage, usually because someone has opened Microsoft Edge. Disgruntled with Bing, the user will search "Google" on Bing to get to their search engi

This type of strategy is sometimes called a “dark pattern,” or a deceptive pattern that tricks users into doing something they did not intend. Below the Google-looking search bar, including a Google Doodle-esque cartoon, regular Bing results are displayed.

Windows Latest first spotted the situation, describing it as a “genius move to keep you from Google search.” It’s part of a larger pattern by Microsoft to get Google users to switch to Edge and Bing, taking advantage of their positions as the default browser and search engine in Windows.

Google accused Microsoft of attempting to deceive people recently with a Bing interface that looks like the UI of Google. Microsoft appears to have rolled back the interface.

Microsoft Bing is displaying what is being categorized as a misleading Google-esque search page when users search for Google, making it look you are on the competing search engine.

Last week, journalists exposed a deceptive practice by Microsoft, which was aimed at attracting new users to Bing by essentially disguising the search

Bing is using a clever new trick to convince users into thinking that they're using Google by changing the look of the site.

M icrosoft has a suite of software services that aim to steal a slice of the pie from their Google counterparts. However, sometimes the Redmond giant resorts to potentially dishon