Maybe it works, but seeing ads on Google for Microsoft’s new Bing search engine just doesn’t seem to send quite the right message. Plus, the ads link to a nearly blank landing page, since Bing hasn’t launched yet.

Microsoft is rumored to be spending up to $100 million to advertise the Bing launch. I wonder how much of that Google will end up getting…

There are also ads pointing to a Ning site called BingHub. I can’t imagine why whoever created it is spending cold hard cash to promote that, either.

Thanks for the tip, Gur.

Update: Bing ads on Yahoo, too:

Website:	microsoft.com
Location:	Redmond, Washington, United States
Founded:	April 4, 1974
IPO:	March 13, 1986

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Company:	Microsoft
Website:	bing.com

Bing is a search engine from Microsoft officially announced on May 28, 2009. Learn More