Europeans again raise the specter of breaking up Google
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Google’s antitrust infringement continues ‘unabated’, Google Shopping competitors tell European Commission
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In response to EU antitrust ruling, Google Shopping now shows ads from competing shopping engines
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Links to competing shopping engines in UK Google Shopping results
How’s that “inclusive” new look for Google Shopping results in the EU coming along? Kind of strangely, it seems. Last summer, the European Commission fined Google nearly $3 billion for favoring its own shopping content in search results and hurting competition. The Commission ordered the company to deliver a solution that offers “equal treatment” to
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Google, Getty Images enter a multi-year global licensing partnership
Late last week, Google parent Alphabet and Getty Images announced a sweeping partnership that effectively ends a long-standing copyright and antitrust dispute between Getty and Google, which was filed in early 2016. The newly announced deal was characterized by Getty as “a multi-year global licensing partnership, enabling Google to use Getty Images’ content within its
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India’s competition regulator fines Google $21.1 million for ‘search bias’ in travel results
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Google EU shopping rivals complain antitrust remedies aren’t working
In the wake of the European Commission’s $2.7 billion antitrust fine against Google last year, the company opened up product listing ads (PLAs) to rival comparison shopping services. It also pledged to operate Google Shopping as though it were a stand-alone entity and to provide “equal treatment” for rivals. Implementing that program resulted in a
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Missouri Attorney General initiates Google antitrust investigation
Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley has reportedly initiated an investigation into whether Google has violated Missouri consumer protection or antitrust laws. According to a press release, the Missouri Attorney General’s office is looking at data collection, “misappropriation” of third-party content and promotion of “websites owned by Google” to the detriment of third-party competitors: The business practices
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CSEs will compete head-on with Google Shopping in EU search results
Ads from Comparison Shopping Engines will start appearing in Google Shopping results on September 27, 2017. In response to the European Commission’s antitrust ruling — and record $2.7 billion fine — against Google for favoring its own content, the search giant is making some changes to the way it handles Google Shopping results in the
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Alphabet to create separate business unit in Europe to run Google Shopping
According to Bloomberg, Google is going to create a separate business unit to manage shopping content in search results to comply with the European Commission’s recent antitrust decision. This unit will reportedly be required to compete in the auction against shopping competitors. The unit will apparently use its own budget and revenues to bid in
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