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		Evbn on Sept 7, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bing vs. Google The weird thing is they could use JS to fire an analytics event to avoid the redirect.

gruseom on Sept 7, 2012 [–]

That's what they used to do. This being Google, I'm sure they had a good reason for switching, especially to something so corrosive of user goodwill. I've often wondered what that reason is. Anybody know?

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