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____/ Mark Kent on Friday 15 Jan 2010 11:56 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>> ____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 14 Jan 2010 13:31 : \____
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>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>>>> Bing only gets 3% after all Microsoftâs effort?
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>>>>| Theres many more articles on the subject.
>>>>| When all this is looked at together it maybe
>>>>| explains why Bing is only on 3% of share,
>>>>| although if you consider the âextra hitsâ
>>>>| Bing would have received from the
>>>>| âunfortunate bugâ and consider that people
>>>>| would probably have tried Bing out of
>>>>| curiosity, it makes the 3% figure it has now
>>>>| even more dire (IMO)
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2357854,00.asp
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm quite used to typing www.google.co.uk into my work PC browser, now.
>>
>> Just "Google" or google.com from a UK IP ought to redirect to
>> www.google.co.uk.
>>
>
> Ah, no, this is not enough. Microsoft have "patched" IE such that if
> you type any incomplete URL into the URL bar, then it takes you directly
> to "bing" in order to get themselves a search-hit.
>
> Consequently, the only searches Microsoft have had from me have been
> mys-typed URLs, which is why I've learnt to type www.google.co.uk
> beforehand :-)
I guess Microsoft was appointed DNSmaster then. /Self/ appointed...
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