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Why Bing Is Gaining On Google

Posted July 17, 2009 7:56 AM

From Forbes.com: Technology News:

If Microsoft's Bing is successful in gaining ground against Google, then the folks in Redmond will owe their good fortune to the manner in which they have closely hewed to the two ironclad rules for business success. First, diligently study your opponent's success so that you can align your strategy perfectly with what's being practiced by the competition. Second, ignore everything your competitor is doing and make up new marketplace rules as you see fit.

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07/18/2009 12:25 PM

First, diligently study your opponent's success so that you can align your strategy perfectly with what's being practiced by the competition. Second, ignore everything your competitor is doing and make up new marketplace rules as you see fit.

This strategy is not news, This is the same stredegy MS used to catch up, overtake, and crush Netscape out of existence.

Its proven and it works.

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07/18/2009 12:43 PM

Bing's "success" is a transient engineered by certain default behaviors of Windows update and Internet Explorer 8. IT IS A STOCK MANIPULATION SCAM. The SEC has been notified.

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