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FairSearch Announces Complaint in EU on Google’s Anti-Competitive Mobile Strategy
Monday, April 8th, 2013
The coalition issued the following in a release: FairSearch to EU: Google’s Android A ‘Trojan Horse’ to Dominate Mobile Markets Files Complaint to European Commission On Google’s Anti-Competitive Mobile Strategy BRUSSELS – April 9, 2013 – FairSearch.org has filed a complaint with the European Commission laying out Google’s anti-competitive strategy to dominate the mobile marketplace Read more »
What Google Isn’t Saying in “How Search Works”
Friday, March 8th, 2013
Last week, Google launched “How Search Works,” an interactive website that explains “the entire life of a search query” on the company’s sites, though scrolling through the site reveals that Google’s site leaves a few important things out of its explanation. Search Bias The site describes search results pages that can take a variety of Read more »
YouTube Turning Away from Small, Independent Content Creators
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
A year ago Google announced it was investing $100 million in original content for YouTube, and recently Ad Age reported the search giant was “doubling down” with another investment for video channels. YouTube now averages 4 billion hours of viewing time a month, up from 3 billion a year ago, and the platform is trying Read more »
WSJ Column Misses the Mark on FTC’s Google Review
Tuesday, August 21st, 2012
“What people really want are answers,” Wall Street Journal columnist L. Gordon Crovitz recently opined in a column defending Google’s acquisition of the Frommer’s travel brand and criticizing the ongoing Federal Trade Commission investigation of the company. It’s not the first time Crovitz has bought into Google’s spin on its anticompetitive behavior and misrepresented the Read more »
Google Gobbles up Zagat (VIDEO)
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
Breaking news from The Wall Street Journal, Google has bought restaurant-review firm Zagat. What’s Google thinking? Google has been looking for ways to expand as a content provider into local search. Last week, Google was promoting its Google Offers product ahead of competitors’ on its home page. This week it is acquiring a major industry Read more »
Google: A Recipe for Less Innovation?
Friday, February 25th, 2011
Industry observers have recently speculated that Google’s continued growth depends upon its ability to gain control over more specialized types of search. Of course, we’re all too familiar with Google’s attempt to dominate online travel search with its proposed takeover of ITA Software. The Washington Post’s Food section introduces us to Google’s latest foray into Read more »
SF Chron: Google “Undermining Rivals” Says “Antitrust Bulldog”
Monday, January 24th, 2011
The San Francisco Chronicle profiles “antitrust bulldog” Gary Reback online today, reporting that he says Google “is undermining rivals in a clear abuse of its monopoly position.” The article says: “Reback has raised concerns about a number of Google’s practices, but said one of the most obvious problems is the way the company highlights its Read more »
WaPo’s Steven Pearlstein: “Time to loosen Google’s grip?”
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
Washington Post columnist Steven Pearlstein poses a poignant question to regulators this morning, asking if it’s “Time to loosen Google’s grip?” The entire piece is a must-read, but here are some highlights: Where I have a problem, however, is in allowing Google to buy its way into new markets and new technologies, particularly when the Read more »
