Associated Press: Microsoft unveiled new Bing ads making fun of rival Google as a terrible holiday shopping guide.
Associated Press: Microsoft unveiled new Bing ads making fun of rival Google as a terrible holiday shopping guide.
The attack starts Wednesday with a marketing campaign focused on a recent change in how Google runs the part of its search engine devoted to shopping results. The revisions require merchants to pay Google to have their products listed in the shopping section.
In its new ads, Microsoft Corp. contends the new approach betrays Google Inc.’s longstanding commitment to provide the most trustworthy results on the Web, even if it means foregoing revenue. To punctuate its point, Microsoft is warning consumers that they risk getting “scroogled” if they rely on Google’s shopping search service.
