After an impressive debut in its new guise, Microsoft's Bing has seen a great drop in traffic as its users return to Google for their search results. However, it seems that the Redmond based software giant have been playing dirty tricks with persons wishing to use Google as their search engine of choice.
In an article on Cnet.com, its contributor nearly saw the default search engine on his browser change from Google to Bing.com, saved only by his Google Toolbar. His Windows Search Settings attempted to change his default search engine. This is claimed to have been caused by Bing itself.
Long time Windows users may recall similar attempts by Microsoft with the IE6 web browser. Typing a search phrase within the address bar of this browser returned results from MSN and Live.com, Bing's predecessors. IE6 was released in 2001, the year when Google started making inroads into the search engine market before becoming the behemoth it is today.
If you have been affected by these issues, the article in full is on http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10277784-68.html. This gives you instructions on how to change these settings.
Another easy way of ensuring Google remains your first choice search engine can be achieved by downloading Google Chrome. This is a stable browser with a clean interface with options to browse in private.
Mancunian1001, 06 July 2009.
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