Contrary to myth, Bing is not a recursive acronym ‘Bing is not Google’, nor is it slang for cocaine (as I found out when I presented this to the agency!). It is in fact, the reincarnation of Microsoft Live search, a much publicised, heavily advertised step by Microsoft to finally get it right and rival Google. Bing is actually an onomatopoeic name, designed to represent the sound of the ‘moment of discovery and decision making’.

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Say Google to almost anyone and they’ll know what you mean. OK, so great grandma Ruby may look at you vacantly, but that’s about it. Google has become synonymous with the web and the term ‘google it’ is now an everyday phrase. Google became the No. 1 brand in the world in 2007, according to Millward Brown Brandz Top 100.

But start to talk about the Google logo to someone and they will immediately have a favourite. A version of the logo which has stuck with them. They may have hovered over to see what it’s all about, clicked through to find out more or discussed it with colleagues and waxed lyrical about how clever it all is.

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