[funOtter]

So google owns the "image and text box on a web page" design?

[macspoofing]

No - google doesn't own the "image and text box on a web page design" ... but it is very odd what Microsoft/Bing is doing when you search 'google' .. they even 'scroll' the page down to hide the primary bing search bar. It's odd.

[fullshark]

The story isn't "Bing is copying Google's amazing design." The story is bing devised a specialized search result page for the query "google" which is intentionally designed to trick its own users.

[rtkwe]

> " users are discovering that if they search for “Google” in the primary Bing interface, they’re shown a special Bing search page."

That's a little more than just aping the design of Google. It's a pretty intentional effort to deceive users into remaining on Bing.

[dewey]

It’s about the doodle, not the image and text box. As the article explains.

[saalweachter]

I would say it's more that you get to this page by typing "Google" into the URL/search bar:

> This morning, users are discovering that if they search for “Google” in the primary Bing interface, they’re shown a special Bing search page. Before you scroll down to the actual search results, you’re presented with an all-white page with a centered, unbranded search bar and a multicolored doodle above it that’s heavy on yellow, red, blue, and green.

[Sephr]

This only comes up after searching for Google

[killingtime74]

It looks like they came up with the headline first then worked backwards to present something that fit as a thesis.