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    Microsoft Bing Testing Showing “Alternative” Search Engines In Search Results

    We’ve seen how Google may display competitive search engines in their search results, based on an EU antitrust settlement. But how will it look for Bing if they did the same thing? Aaron Wall at SEO Book posted a screen shot of what he saw Bing testing around displaying “alternative” results in the Bing search […]

    bing-600We’ve seen how Google may display competitive search engines in their search results, based on an EU antitrust settlement. But how will it look for Bing if they did the same thing?

    Aaron Wall at SEO Book posted a screen shot of what he saw Bing testing around displaying “alternative” results in the Bing search result listings. He searched for [pizza] and in a yellow box, below the top two organic results, displayed a line of results for Citysearch, OpenTable and Yelp.

    Here is a picture:

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    Google’s version seems a lot more extreme but I believe Google, with their marketshare, is being pressured to ensure visibility of the alternative search engines.


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