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_flag on Feb 2, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: What on earth are Google thinking? (re: Binggate)

The Bing toolbar only sends information back to Microsoft, it doesn't decide what to do with it. For this kind of a task it would be simpler to use a packet sniffer anyway.

storborg on Feb 2, 2011 [–]

Thanks for the clarification. Does the toolbar send a notification to Microsoft on every click? Or only clicks on Google SERPs?

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