Microsoft is reportedly using deceptive tactics to grow its market share against Google in the search landscape by making Bing look like Google.

Windows Latest first spotted the situation, describing it as a “genius move to keep you from Google search.” It’s part of a larger pattern by Microsoft to get Google users to switch to Edge and Bing, taking advantage of their positions as the default browser and search engine in Windows.

This type of strategy is sometimes called a “dark pattern,” or a deceptive pattern that tricks users into doing something they did not intend. Below the Google-looking search bar, including a Google Doodle-esque cartoon, regular Bing results are displayed.

Microsoft Bing is displaying what is being categorized as a misleading Google-esque search page when users search for Google, making it look you are on the competing search engine.

For those using Microsoft’s Bing search engine, the overlords have now made the latter look like Google when users are searching for the world’s top search engine. Anyone going to Bing.com and searching for “google” will reveal a UI that looks like Google,

Microsoft has been caught tricking users into believing that the Bing search bar is actually Google's. More details here.

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This blur in style may be the reason Microsoft is currently using some Google-looking art when you search the word Google, complete with a search box, just like a Google Doodle. Yep, when you search the word Google on Bing,