Google Does Bing Imitation With Background Images

Friday, June 11, 2010 3:23
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We’ll admit right here: you probably already have a very good idea what this article’s about.  But if you don’t, please visit Google.com and take in whatever desert or field of flowers is on display as a background image.  And now consider yourself up to speed on the fact that Google’s mimicking Bing.

That’s one hard-to-avoid conclusion, anyway.  Another is that Google’s actually decided to drive searchers to use Bing (compare the “synthetic lollipops that hurt your eyes” image to the gorgeous picture of Belem Tower and see if you don’t feel the same way).

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Google’s official explanation is that it’s trying to promote a certain feature, though.  Marissa Mayer stated on the Official Google Blog, “Last week, we announced a new feature that lets you add a favorite photo or image to the background of your Google.com homepage.  To provide you with an extra bit of inspiration, we’ve collaborated with several well-known artists, sculptors and photographers to create a gallery of background images you can use to personalize your Google homepage.”

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2 Responses to “Google Does Bing Imitation With Background Images”

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  2. Daniel says:

    January 13th, 2012 at 5:32 pm

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