Is Bing Using Google's Search Results?

[asha]

The controversy incited by Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Land on Bing copying Google's search results is going to hit the roof with Google taking it officially. that "However you define copying, the bottom line is, these Bing results came directly from Google." Google also detailed down it's findings in this regard.

Bing already denied this allegation and affirmed that ""

[latha]

Looks like Amit Singhals team have a lot of data to prove this. Their claims look genuine to me. Who in the right mind would look for the keywords they tested and since they concocted the search results (by inserting fake urls in their database) I am really shocked...

I hope Bing knows what it's doing, this is getting serious ...

Sometimes some smart programmer figures out how to break in and replicate a piece of code or they might have got hold of some algorithm somehow.. But the company ends up paying.

[jondyer]

I agree that this is pretty interesting... and is big news now.

Here is the latest statement from Bing. http://searchengineland.com/bing-we-do- ... riod-63388

Everyone should understand that they are not stealing or dipping into Google algo. What Bing are doing to enhance user experience - who can blame them - is grabbing search terms and results from Google for searches within IE and adding to their indexes if it seems relevant. It uses these results to improve its own search quality...effectively learning from what people are searching for and clicking on. They are not just replicating results.

What surprises me is Google's emotional spin on this..... I understand defending their search results but the emotion, spin and timing (releasing the results from last year just before an event round table with bing) seems quite un-Google like. After all didn't Places start off pulling from Yellow Pages.... and surely they are using Google Analytics and domain registration data to improve user experience, also didn't they strike a deal with ISP's recently to mine more data in internet usage OUTSIDE of the search arena.

I am NOT complaining, just pointing out that in today's world everyone leverages data from ANY source they can get hold of. The big G are light years ahead in all online aspects and really don't need to get so upset IMHO.... If it bothers you so much, just buy them.

Interesting times.

[latha]