lexipixel - 5:23 am on Dec 26, 2012 (gmt 0)

The most plausible answer as to why Google's Santa Tracking was not up to par comes in this quote:

'Looks like Google has applied their patented 'scroogled' algorithm to their Santa tracker this year, or that Bing users have been very, very nice,' said Frank Shaw, Microsoft's public relations chief.