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Microsoft was caught testing way too many ads on its Bing Search results page. I saw 9 ads and only two organic/free listings on the page for a query on [garage door repair].

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[-] raptir@lemmy.zip 2 points 15 hours ago

Two of the ads are for the same company, and that company is also one of the two organic results.

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