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Bing takes its “Scroogled” campaign to the next level against Google

0. phoneArena posted on 06 Dec 2012, 21:02

Last week, we saw Bing start an initiative to “educate” consumers about the realities of online shopping using search...

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1. Hammerfest posted on 06 Dec 2012, 21:11 14

Ahh, spreading FUD, GO MICROSOFT!

Meh, gotta do what you can to get money somehow eh? Windows 8 (the UI at least, I love it after StartIsBack) sucking wind, surface sucking wind (blame Win8 UI), Widnows Phone sucking wind... BING has always sucked wind...

Its like I am back in a LAN center 10~ years ago, one of these times a company will pop up and these snipe shots will actually HIT something. Shortly after, someone will put out a video of balmer yelling "BOOM HEADSHOT", then switch to a consumer saying "well 1 hit 50 miss's aint so bad eh?"

Microsoft's PR needs to be canned, focus on the platform's strength's, continually trying to cast an ugly shadow on someone else hasnt been working for them AT ALL!

3. protozeloz posted on 06 Dec 2012, 21:18 11

This campaign just shows a desperate Microsoft burning away money to try and get some relevance....

11. networkdood posted on 06 Dec 2012, 23:06 3

Windows 8 UI seems good if you have a touch screen device...

13. Raymond_htc posted on 06 Dec 2012, 23:43 4

But not on a computer or laptop with no touchscreen....its horrendous.

20. drahmad posted on 07 Dec 2012, 01:52

for you

25. networkdood posted on 07 Dec 2012, 07:36 1

I did say touchscreen, so your comment is irrelevant.....

2. protozeloz posted on 06 Dec 2012, 21:15 9

Wow, that kind of tactic will just make their already crappy search engine look even more desperate, it's not like their results come from their search result, Bing just goggles everything for you

4. StrumerJohn posted on 06 Dec 2012, 21:23 5

While they're pointing out facts, everyone with at least a first grader's education knows that. And we all know damn well Microsoft would sell out spots in their Search Engine if people actually used it and it was worth business' paying for spots on.

Obviously they AREN'T going to charge for spots with such an unsuccessful product.

Thumbs down or not, this is what would happen and the definition for unsuccessful is to not succeed and clearly Bing isn't doing well.

5. protozeloz posted on 06 Dec 2012, 21:48 1

That's not all, while I get ads on my results my ads are relevant and "unobtrusive" to the point I can't actually tell (or care for that matter) bing is full of adds..... Or should I say relatively full

6. MC1123 posted on 06 Dec 2012, 21:53 2

black propaganda eh microsoft?

oh please you could do better than that!

i use bing..as my default web search...but its just that some of it is not accurate! and no date or time when that article is published--which is why i keep on going to google's site

7. lyndon420 posted on 06 Dec 2012, 22:12 2

When you can't brag about your strengths, poking fun at what you 'think' is someone's weakness is your only option.

8. bucky posted on 06 Dec 2012, 22:58 1

Worked for Samsung.

10. networkdood posted on 06 Dec 2012, 23:02 4

They pointed out obvious things - like waiting in line - sharing, bigger screen. 4G LTE (which when the iphone gets something that everyone else has had for a year, people go nuts over it and act like its revolutionary because that is what APPLE's marketing tells people to think).

17. dsDoan posted on 06 Dec 2012, 23:47 2

Samsung was doing well long before those ads began.

23. protozeloz posted on 07 Dec 2012, 05:44

It's not the same as this

9. networkdood posted on 06 Dec 2012, 23:00 1

I block out on all ads on my phone and on my PC using chrome - BING is no better, and sometimes worse, than Google for searching.

12. networkdood posted on 06 Dec 2012, 23:07 1

The reality of shopping online with any search engine is that sometimes you get phony websites - you have to use your brain, even when a search engine is doing much of the thinking for you.

14. androidrocks posted on 06 Dec 2012, 23:45

is bing still in beta? or am i the only one who noticed a beta tag under the bing logo?

15. Raymond_htc posted on 06 Dec 2012, 23:45 1

No GOOGLE- No BING.

Shut up MS and make a fair competition between Google search and ur bingy Bing search.

16. dsDoan posted on 06 Dec 2012, 23:46 2

If you want by business, show what you do well. Don't show me what others don't do well. I'll do the comparisons myself. This is only turning me off of Bing, by making Microsoft look like they think they're the righteous almighty.

18. kanagadeepan posted on 06 Dec 2012, 23:54

M$ is not going to learn from their mistakes. Bill Gates, come back and save your once great co....

19. rusticguy posted on 07 Dec 2012, 01:03 1

M$ is only axing their own foot. Such s**t doesn;t woprk in long run ... in fact M$ fud never worked ... that's why they are down to abysmal 15-17% when it comes to WEB. Only kids like NotYET (oops DotNET) technology :D

21. Thephonegeek posted on 07 Dec 2012, 01:59 1

Nah! Google search is still better.

22. amozhi posted on 07 Dec 2012, 02:43 3

Now microsoft starting to feel the real heat from the competition. So they are focusing on attacking them rather than improving their product...

24. Aeires (unregistered) posted on 07 Dec 2012, 07:30

Give it up MS, you're doing nothing but looking like a Dbag with this garbage.

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