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Reminds me of the Bing IE toolbar 'copying' Google search results 10 years ago [1]. It turned out it wasn't that Bing was actively copying Google search results
by macspoofing 6y ago
Reminds me of the Bing IE toolbar 'copying' Google search results 10 years ago [1]. It turned out it wasn't that Bing was actively copying Google search results, but rather it was learning what search terms entered into the toolbar correlated with what page users went to after the query was executed.
[1]https://www.wired.com/2011/02/bing-copies-google/ https://www.wired.com/2011/02/bing-copies-google/
- tomerico 6y agoSo they listened to the search queries configured to Google and learned the clicked results. How is that not copying Google's search results?
- kuschku 6y agoThey listened to users searching anywhere in any search engine, and just storing the correlation (search term → clicked website). Google actually does the same, through their own analytics. It's just that so many more people visit Google than Bing or Yahoo that automatically 90% of the (search term → clicked website) mappings are recorded on google.com