Microsoft’s fledgling search engine Bing has been scrappy in its battle with Google. It isn’t shy about buying ads on Google to promote its alternative. Now it’s hijacking the political conversation, outbidding GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain to show ads in response to searches for “999” and “Herman Cain 999.”
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