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Google vs Bing on Easter
Slate ^ | March 31, 2013 | Matthew Yglesias

Posted on 03/31/2013 1:18:10 PM PDT by Steelfish

Google vs Bing on Easter By Matthew Yglesias March 31, 2013

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Conservatives' longstanding complaints about Google's choice of "Google doodles" are only going to be reenforced by today's decision to commemorate Easter as the birthday of Latino labor leader Cesar Chavez.

Google's main competition in the search field, Microsoft's Bing, offers a more Easter-themed graphic for today but one that highlights the secular traditions that have grown up around the holiday rather than its religious themes:

But for those seeking a little more Jesus with their Easter, here's a portion of Rafael's "Resurrection of Christ":

The doodles are, obviously, not significant in and of themselves. But Google's ability to indulge the whims of its staff rather than cater to mass opinion on them is a highly visible signpost of its extremely strong market position. The same phenomenon is why it can plow search-related operating surpluses into speculative ventures from Android to Glass to self-driving cars.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antichristian; bing; communist; google; internet; unionthug
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1 posted on 03/31/2013 1:18:10 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

is anyone really surprised?


2 posted on 03/31/2013 1:24:04 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: The Looking Spoon

Over here maybe...?


3 posted on 03/31/2013 1:24:15 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (LBJ declared war on poverty and lost. Barack Obama declared war on prosperity and won. /csmusaret)
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To: Steelfish

I’m not sure this will work as it’s a facebook link:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=528362833882143&set=a.222999781085118.77101.100001252938890&type=1&theater


4 posted on 03/31/2013 1:24:17 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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To: Steelfish

Geez, all Cesar ever gave his people were outside toilets. He died and lived like a king telling “his people” he lived and was as poor as them. I would say he was more a con than anything.


5 posted on 03/31/2013 1:25:20 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Steelfish

Let me know if that FB link works.


6 posted on 03/31/2013 1:25:28 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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To: Steelfish

Cesar Chavez is dead and Jesus is alive, so maybe only dead people are acknowledged by Google.


7 posted on 03/31/2013 1:26:02 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius (www.wilsonharpbooks.com)
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8 posted on 03/31/2013 1:26:52 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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To: for-q-clinton

It does.


9 posted on 03/31/2013 1:27:55 PM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

Let the dead acknowledge the dead ... He is risen, alive forever more!


10 posted on 03/31/2013 1:31:23 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: freekitty

Ixquick.com


11 posted on 03/31/2013 1:40:46 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Steelfish

So which outfit really has the most noxious statists at the helm?

Google with Schmidt, Brin, and Page?

or

Microsoft with Ballmer and Gates?


12 posted on 03/31/2013 1:42:21 PM PDT by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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To: Steelfish


13 posted on 03/31/2013 1:42:34 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: Steelfish

ANTI-CHRISTIANS!!!!!


14 posted on 03/31/2013 1:45:26 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Steelfish

The eggs on Bing are really beautiful, and some interesting information to boot. (Sorta like an Easter egg hunt)


15 posted on 03/31/2013 1:47:19 PM PDT by svcw (Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
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To: Steelfish

Don’t use google products.

Outlook.com for mails

Bing for searches

Not Android for phones.


16 posted on 03/31/2013 1:52:53 PM PDT by NoLibZone (I predict the exact same Freepers will hate the GOP Candidate for: 2016,2020,2024,2028, 2032.)
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To: Steelfish
ixquick
17 posted on 03/31/2013 1:59:45 PM PDT by TigersEye (The irresponsible should not be leading the responsible.)
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To: TigersEye

Thanks, I had not heard of it before. It looks quite good.


18 posted on 03/31/2013 2:02:32 PM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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To: Steelfish

What a downer to see Chavez picture when I turned on my computer. But I don’t expect anything else from these pagans.


19 posted on 03/31/2013 2:02:57 PM PDT by certrtwngnut (')
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To: NoLibZone
I can agree with all but the last. Sorry, but Blackberry is dead, Apple is no better than Google -- and in many ways worse -- and Microsoft really hasn't yet produced a quality phone product. Smartphone buyers have no real choice except Android.

And, unlike iPhone, unless you're actually buying a Motorola Phone, the Android OS itself doesn't put much money in Google's pockets. Samsung, LG and HTC have all done more to promote Android and protect its intellectual property than Google has.

20 posted on 03/31/2013 2:04:41 PM PDT by FredZarguna (The one exception: Burn After Reading. Just. Not. Good.)
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