Google and the Bing Sting
 

Sneaky in a bad way because of the way the Bing toolbar is essentially sniffing searches from users on other engines.

All I know is Bing loves my website more than Google so good for Bing http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif

(Actually I do have an article online that ranks #1 in like 10 keywords on Bing where they are 2-7 on Google, so [no-index]Bing http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif[/no-index ... don't ban my Adsense plz] )

I don't see how that's sneaky -- you've gotta know your search data in the BING TOOLBAR is highly likely going to be used by BING. Data is money. Why do you think they even make those stupid toolbars?

Not surprised at all, and I don't think it's damaging to their credibility because the only people who use Bing don't know anything about search. I would hope companies use all the data at their disposal to improve their product, so I don't see the big deal. Google's results are not proprietary.

My understanding is that it wasn't data in the bing toolbar, it was data on a web page that was loaded in a browser that had the toolbar installed. Not quite the same thing. Any yes, I know of the various (mostly evil) ways that BHOs are used, and that they are covered legally by clickwraps most of the time, but that doesn't change the fact that it's behavior that would land people in jail under other circumstances. I can't credibly call a clickwrap "informed consent" when it comes to most users understanding what data is being transmitted, where it is being stored, or how it is going to be used.

Thanks!

Bing seems to give better results when searching for a business or other organisation.