google faces legal assault over web search results

[Billy01]

http://www.smh.com.au/business/goog...t-over-web-search-results-20121207-2b12n.html

 

[snoopy]

discriminates against other comparison shopping sites and consumer review sites by ranking Google's comparison site higher.

....''Almost all the traffic is being driven to the Google results whether [or not] they are the most relevant. It is using the ownership of the platform to drive traffic to its own pages at the expense of its competitors.''

What is wrong with that?

 

[goldnugget]

I guess if its set up like other promoted ads and is clear to the user they are promoted you wouldnt think it was a problem. If they are slotting them in without that clarity then I guess that could be deemed an issue.
The EU is fairly strict on what could be classed as anti-competative behaviour and even MS and Apple has had their fair share of issues with them.

 

[Data Glasses]

dont like google .....................use bing

Check out the commercial

http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2012/12/have-you-been-scroogled.html